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Procan Construction Co. v. Oceanside Development Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 27, 1989
148 A.D.2d 689 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)

Opinion

March 27, 1989

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Levitt, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

The instant action arose from an alleged oral contract to provide additional compensation to the plaintiff to perform masonry work in the defendant's condominium development. When the plaintiff discovered that the price it had negotiated in a separate written contract would not allow it to earn a profit on the job, it sought an additional $51,000 in compensation. Contrary to the plaintiff's contention, however, the trial court was correct in its finding that no oral agreement was ever reached. Indeed, crediting the candid testimony of the plaintiff's president, at best the parties entered into an unenforceable agreement to agree (cf., Tamir v. Greenberg, 119 A.D.2d 665, lv denied 68 N.Y.2d 607). Under these circumstances, the plaintiff's unilateral miscalculations do not entitle it to additional compensation not intended by the parties.

We have examined the plaintiff's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit (see, Friedrich v. Martin, 294 N.Y. 588). Lawrence, J.P., Rubin, Eiber and Balletta, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Procan Construction Co. v. Oceanside Development Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 27, 1989
148 A.D.2d 689 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)
Case details for

Procan Construction Co. v. Oceanside Development Corp.

Case Details

Full title:PROCAN CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., Appellant, v. OCEANSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP.…

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

Date published: Mar 27, 1989

Citations

148 A.D.2d 689 (N.Y. App. Div. 1989)