Flanagan v. MacNutt ( 1908 )

BISCHOFF, J.

The plaintiff urges his right to a renewal of the lease, the lessor’s waiver of noncompliance with certain conditions thereof, and the absence of equity powers in the Municipal Court as grounds for injunctive relief against a final order for the lessor in summary proceedings brought to recover the possession of the demised premises for holding over. . The right to a renewal and waiver of the breach of conditions, however, while not available to the plaintiff in the Municipal Court for the purposes of affirmative relief, were none the less so as equitable defenses which the court was authorized to hear and determine (concurring opinion of Bischoff, J., in Pelgram v. Ehrenweig, 58 Misc. Rep. 198, 109 N. Y. Supp. 54). These defenses were in fact pleaded and determined adversely to the plaintiff. If erroneously determined, the plaintiff’s reliance must be upon his appeal from the final order. He cannot relitigate that which has become res ad judicata.

Motion for injunction pendente lite denied, with $10 costs. Settle order on notice.