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MDJR Enterprises, Inc. v. LaTorre

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 24, 2000
268 A.D.2d 509 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Argued December 9, 1999

January 24, 2000

In an action to recover on a promissory note, the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Kitson, J.), dated August 3, 1998, as denied their cross motion for summary judgment on the complaint against the defendants Sandra Marchesiello and Joseph P. Marchesiello.

Newman Cahn, LLP, Carle Place, N.Y. (Neil R. Cahn of counsel), for appellants.

Mitchell N. Kay, Garden City, N.Y. (Eric S. Goldstein of counsel), for defendants third-party plaintiffs-respondents.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman Dicker, LLP, New York, N Y (Mark K. Anesh and Scott Schechter of counsel), for third-party defendant-respondent.

CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, ANITA R. FLORIO, HOWARD MILLER, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the order is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, with costs, and the cross motion is granted.

The plaintiffs made a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating the existence of a promissory note executed by the defendants Sandra Marchesiello and Joseph P. Marchesiello, the unconditional terms of repayment, and the default by the Marchesiellos (see, Haselnuss v. Delta Testing Labs., 249 A.D.2d 509 ; Capital Circulation Corp. v. Gallop Leasing Corp., 248 A.D.2d 578 ). The assertions by the Marchesiellos, including a claimed lack of consideration and fraud, were merely unsupported conclusory allegations which were insufficient to defeat the cross motion (see, Capital Circulation Corp. v. Gallop Leasing Corp., supra, at 578, 579).

The Marchesiellos' remaining contentions are without merit.

O'BRIEN, J.P., FRIEDMANN, FLORIO, and H. MILLER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

MDJR Enterprises, Inc. v. LaTorre

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jan 24, 2000
268 A.D.2d 509 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

MDJR Enterprises, Inc. v. LaTorre

Case Details

Full title:MDJR ENTERPRISES, INC., et al., appellants, v. FRANK LaTORRE, et al.…

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

Date published: Jan 24, 2000

Citations

268 A.D.2d 509 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
703 N.Y.S.2d 54

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