Opinion
2002-1668 D C.
Decided October 23, 2003.
Appeal by defendant from a small claims judgment of the Justice Court, Town of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County (J. Kane, J.), entered on November 22, 2002, which awarded plaintiff the sum of $1,115.
Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs.
PRESENT: DOYLE, P.J., RUDOLPH and SKELOS, JJ.
In this small claims action to recover the costs plaintiff incurred due to the allegedly improper installation of a septic system, the trial court properly rendered its judgment providing the parties with substantial justice according to the rules and principles of substantive law (UJCA 1804, 1807; see Ross v. Friedman, 269 AD2d 584; Williams v. Roper, 269 AD2d 125, 126).