Ltown Ltd. Partnership v. Sire Plan, Inc.

Decision Date18 December 1986
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals
Parties, 503 N.E.2d 1377 LTOWN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Respondent, v. SIRE PLAN, INC., et al., Defendants, and Perry E. Berger, as Successor in Interest to Kassin & Glass, Appellant. Robert Eisenhoff, Intervenor-Respondent.

Prior report: 108 A.D.2d 435, 489 N.Y.S.2d 567.

Order modified by annulling the award of additional allowances for attorneys fees and, as so modified, affirmed, with costs to plaintiff. Question certified answered in the negative. (See Matter of A.G. Ship Maintenance Corp. v. Lezak, 69 N.Y.2d 1, 511 N.Y.S.2d 216, 503 N.E.2d 681.)

WACHTLER, C.J., and SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and HANCOCK, JJ., concur.

MEYER and TITONE, JJ., took no part.

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