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Martinez v. Ngalam

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, FIRST DEPARTMENT
Oct 15, 2018
61 Misc. 3d 131 (N.Y. App. Term 2018)

Opinion

570242/16

10-15-2018

Ercia MARTINEZ, Petitioner-Tenant-Appellant v. Tita S. NGALAM, Respondent-Landlord-Respondent.


Per Curiam.

Order (Enedina Pilar Sanchez, J.), entered on or about January 4, 2017, affirmed, without costs.

A forcible entry and detainer proceeding does not lie in the circumstances here present, since respondent-landlord entered and remained in possession of the commercial premises, not by "force or unlawful means" ( RPAPL 713[10] ), but pursuant to a lawful (stipulated) final judgment of possession and a duly issued warrant of eviction entered in a nonpayment proceeding between the parties, and petitioner-tenant's applications to vacate that judgment were denied (see Ngalam v. Martinez , 53 Misc 3d 155[A], 2016 NY Slip Op 51761[U] [App Term, 1st Dept 2016] ). The valid Civil Court judgment awarding possession to landlord is a "complete defense" to tenant's claim that she was wrongfully evicted ( Dinolfi v. Berkeley Assoc. Co. , 98 AD2d 644, 644 [1983] ; see Campbell v. Maslin, 91 AD2d 559 [1982], affd 59 NY2d 722 [1983] ).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE COURT.


Summaries of

Martinez v. Ngalam

SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, FIRST DEPARTMENT
Oct 15, 2018
61 Misc. 3d 131 (N.Y. App. Term 2018)
Case details for

Martinez v. Ngalam

Case Details

Full title:Ercia Martinez, v. Tita S. Ngalam, Respondent-Landlord-Respondent.

Court:SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, FIRST DEPARTMENT

Date published: Oct 15, 2018

Citations

61 Misc. 3d 131 (N.Y. App. Term 2018)
61 Misc. 3d 131
2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 51437