Opinion
May 27, 1999
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Jane Solomon, J.).
The motion was properly denied as appellant's proposed defenses that the subject promissory note is not supported by consideration and was induced by fraud tacked merit. Consideration was provided by plaintiff's equity interest in the restaurant he owned with appellant and the other two defendants, and appellant's unsubstantiated claim that the restaurant was insolvent is belied by the fact that defendants were still operating it two years after they gave plaintiff the note. Concerning appellant's claim that the attorney who represented him and the other two defendants on the note transaction colluded with plaintiff to defraud defendants into believing that they were not personally liable on the note, the allegations in this regard are not supported by the other two defendants and do not raise a genuine issue.
Concur — Nardelli, J. P., Tom, Mazzarelli, Lerner and Buckley, JJ.