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Lake v. R. Homes Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 7, 2003
304 A.D.2d 533 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

Summary

bringing suit solely against corporation

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Opinion

2002-02922

Argued March 7, 2003.

April 7, 2003.

In an action to recover damages for negligence and conversion, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Costello, J.), dated March 12, 2002, which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied his cross motion for summary judgment on the first cause of action to recover damages for conversion.

Michael T. Sucher, Brooklyn, N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.

William J. Fitzpatrick, Smithtown, N.Y. (Diane E. Ryan of counsel), for respondents.

Before: ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P., SONDRA MILLER, STEPHEN G. CRANE, REINALDO E. RIVERA, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The defendants cannot be charged with conversion of a mobile home allegedly owned by the plaintiff since they were lawfully in possession of it pursuant to a proper warrant of eviction, and the plaintiff made no demand for its surrender (see Tompkins v. Fonda Glove Lining Co., 188 N.Y. 261).

The plaintiff's remaining contentions are without merit.

FLORIO, J.P., S. MILLER, CRANE and RIVERA, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Lake v. R. Homes Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Apr 7, 2003
304 A.D.2d 533 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)

bringing suit solely against corporation

Summary of this case from Pemrick v. Stracher
Case details for

Lake v. R. Homes Corp.

Case Details

Full title:DONALD LAKE, appellant, v. R. HOMES CORP., ET AL., respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Apr 7, 2003

Citations

304 A.D.2d 533 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003)
757 N.Y.S.2d 467

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