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Sansol Ind. v. 345 East 56th Street Owners

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 19, 2000
276 A.D.2d 370 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

October 19, 2000.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles Ramos, J.), entered May 13, 1999, which, upon the prior grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment and denial of plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment, dismissed the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Sanford Solny, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert D. Tierman, for defendant-respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Lerner, Rubin, Friedman, JJ.


The summary judgment dismissal of the complaint was proper since defendant, in this action for specific performance of an agreement to purchase shares in defendant cooperative allocated to certain occupied apartments, made out a prima facie case of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (see, Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp., 68 N.Y.2d 320, 324) and plaintiff, in opposition to the motion, failed to present evidence in admissible form sufficient to raise a triable issue of fact that it had tendered performance of its obligations under the contract or was ready, willing and able to do so (see, Zuckerman v. City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557, 562; Sunrise Assoc. v. Pilot Realty, 170 A.D.2d 214). In particular, plaintiff failed to present evidence that it was prepared to provide acceptable security as per the bid terms.

Because plaintiff was neither a debtor nor a secured party, it lacked standing to object to the commercial reasonableness of the sale (see, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp., Ltd. v. HFH USA Corp., 805 F. Supp. 133, 146).

Plaintiff's reliance upon the policy against successive summary judgment motions is misplaced here where previously extant factual issues had been obviated through intervening discovery (see, Freeze Right Refrig. and Air Conditioning Serv., Inc. v. City of New York, 101 A.D.2d 175, 181).

Finally, although plaintiff maintains that the motion court improperly amended the original order determining defendant's motion and plaintiff's cross motion, issuance of the revised order was entirely appropriate since the record offers irrefutable support for the correction made by the court therein (see, Ungar v. Ensign Bank, FSB, 196 A.D.2d 204, 208).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

Sansol Ind. v. 345 East 56th Street Owners

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 19, 2000
276 A.D.2d 370 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Sansol Ind. v. 345 East 56th Street Owners

Case Details

Full title:SANSOL INDUSTRIES, INC., PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. 345 EAST 56TH STREET…

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

Date published: Oct 19, 2000

Citations

276 A.D.2d 370 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
714 N.Y.S.2d 472

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