Tenant's Wife Needn't Be Named in Ejectment Action

April 30, 2003

LVT Number: 16529

Landlord sued to eject month-to-month tenant after tenant stopped paying rent. Tenant claimed landlord's court papers were defective because they didn't name tenant's wife and landlord didn't send a copy of them to her. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled against tenant. Tenant previously had a lease with landlord, which had expired. Tenant was the only named tenant on the lease. Tenant submitted no statement from his wife, no other proof of his marriage, and no proof that his wife was ever named on the lease.

Landlord sued to eject month-to-month tenant after tenant stopped paying rent. Tenant claimed landlord's court papers were defective because they didn't name tenant's wife and landlord didn't send a copy of them to her. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. The court ruled against tenant. Tenant previously had a lease with landlord, which had expired. Tenant was the only named tenant on the lease. Tenant submitted no statement from his wife, no other proof of his marriage, and no proof that his wife was ever named on the lease. So landlord only had to name tenant in the court case.

Lee v. Reyes: NYLJ, 4/23/03, p. 20, col. 1 (Sup. Ct. Queens; Glover, J)

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