By Albert Countryman Jr.
October 2, 2008-Landlord/Tenant Court was packed Thursday morning in Room 63 of the Camden County Hall of Justice.
\”It was a successful day. We reached resolution on all but one case,\” said Kearney, who patiently listened to the judge\’s long list of rules and regulations concerning payment by 4:30 p.m. in the form of cash, money order, or cashier\’s checks.
Because of poor record keeping by the previous owners of Chatham Square, the City was unable to determine which tenants had paid their rent and security deposits.
Closes to 300 cases of possible eviction were read, and 32 of them dealt with Chatham Square.
\”Twelve cases were dismissed. They had arguably paid, and will continue living there,\” Kearney said.
As a result of the court hearings in another room, the City settled with four tenants.
\”There was a degree of confusion due to the prior management. It was stipulated that four people owed us rent and we put it on a payment schedule, with a significant down payment. We (the City) collected over $5,000 Thursday,\” Kearney said.
Another 15 tenants defaulted, and they will be evicted, he said.
The one complaint that was not resolved had problems concerning hab-itability, Kearney said.
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