
    Joseph W. Rao and Others, Appellants, v. “John” McAuliffe, the First Name Being Fictitious, etc., Respondent.
    Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
    January 8, 1925.
    Landlord and tenant — increased rental — landlord not required to be owner for any length of time.
    The rent laws do not require that a landlord seeking an increased rental shall be an owner of the fee for any particular length of time.
    Appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, Sixth District, in favor of defendant.
    0. H. Droege, for the appellants.
    
      Samuel Berger, for the respondent.
   Per Curiam:

There is no requirement in law that parties seeking increased rental must be the owners of the fee involved for any fixed period of time.

The judgment is reversed and a new trial ordered, with ten dollars costs to the appellants to abide the final award of costs.

All concur; present, Guy, O’Malley and Levy, JJ.  