L.B. Smith Inc. v. Bankers Trust Co. of Western New York

Decision Date11 February 1982
Citation55 N.Y.2d 942,449 N.Y.S.2d 192
Parties, 434 N.E.2d 261 L. B. SMITH, INC., Appellant, v. BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF WESTERN NEW YORK, Respondent, and Myron Wasik, et al., Defendants.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice Stewart F. Hancock, Jr., at the Appellate Division (80 A.D.2d 496, 439 N.Y.S.2d 543).

COOKE, C. J., and JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER, JJ., concur.

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