N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 1142: Remedy of person evicted for rents and profits

§ 1142. Remedy of person evicted for rents and profits. A person

evicted as prescribed in this article may, if the presumption upon which

he is evicted is erroneous, maintain an action against the person who

has occupied the property, or his executor or administrator, to recover

the rents and profits of the property, during the occupation, while the

person upon whose life the prior estate depends is or was living.