Cohen v. Pannia

• Decision Date: 14 January 1959
• Citation: Cohen v. Pannia, 181 N.Y.S.2d 220, 7 A.D.2d 886 (N.Y. App. Div. 1959)
• Parties: Harry L. COHEN, d/b/a Genesee Supply Co., Appellant, v. James L. PANNIA and Leon L. Paikin, Co-partners, d/b/a Modern Lanes, Respondents.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

Page 220

181 N.Y.S.2d 220

7 A.D.2d 886

Harry L. COHEN, d/b/a Genesee Supply Co., Appellant, v. James L. PANNIA and Leon L. Paikin, Co-partners, d/b/a Modern Lanes, Respondents.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.

Jan. 14, 1959.

Norman M. Pinsky, Syracuse (Herbert M. Canter, Syracuse, of counsel), for appellant.

Anthony Smith, Syracuse (Stanley G. Germain, Syracuse, of counsel), for respondents. Before McCURN, P. J., and WILLIAMS, BASTOW, GOLDMAN, and HALPERN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The affidavits submitted on the motion for summary judgment under Rule 113 of the Rules of Civil Practice establish the second cause of action alleged in plaintiff's complaint for an account stated sufficiently to entitle the plaintiff to judgment. See Rodkinson v. Haecker, 248 N.Y. 480, 485, 162 N.E. 493, 495. The opposing affidavit made by defendants' attorney is not based upon personal knowledge, but on hearsay and must therefore be disregarded. See City Savings Bank of Brooklyn v. Torro, 253 App.Div. 748, 300 N.Y.S. 1009; Favole v. Gallo, 263 App.Div. 729, 30 N.Y.S.2d 878; Buffalo General Hospital v. Suppa, 257 App.Div. 1030, 13 N.Y.S.2d 680.

Order of Onondaga County Court and order of Syracuse Municipal Court reversed with ten dollars costs and disbursements and motion granted without costs.

All concur.