Landlord Can Add Cotenant to Eviction Proceeding

Landlord, a bank, sued to evict tenant after taking over the building through a foreclosure. Landlord named one tenant and otherwise named only ``Jane Doe'' as an additional occupant. Tenants asked the court to dismiss the case. They claimed that there was a cotenant and that landlord could have gotten her name from prior court proceedings. The court ruled against tenants and gave landlord 10 days to add cotenant as a named party to the eviction proceeding.

Washington Mutual Bank FA v. Hanspal: NYLJ, 1/24/07, p. 23, col. 1 (Dist. Ct. Nassau: Fairgrieve, J)