Court Found That Occupant Was a Shareholder in the Cooperative Corporation—Co-Op's Position Was Barred by the Doctrines of Waiver, Estoppel and Laches—Portions of Defendant's Testimony Appeared to Be "Somewhat Disingenuous and Possibly Evasive"

In or about 1982, the plaintiff had moved into an apartment in a building that was owned by the defendant cooperative corporation (co-op). A dispute arose as to whether the plaintiff was in fact an owner of his co-op apartment.