Brown v. Southall Realty Company

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding a lease void as an illegal contract because of violation of Housing Code regulations
• appeal from judgment for possession allowed despite the fact that tenant had surrendered premises and did not wish to be returned to possession, because judgment for possession would render certain facts res judicata in any subsequent suit for rent
• contract in violation of Housing Regulations is void
• requiring “unsafe and unsanitary” conditions to void a lease

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).