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Hoyniak v. Acton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 27, 2000
271 A.D.2d 892 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

April 27, 2000.

Appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court (Kane, J.), entered April 20, 1999 in Sullivan County, which, inter alia, granted plaintiff partial summary judgment on the second cause of action for an account stated, (2) from the judgment entered thereon, and (3) from an order of said court, entered June 23, 1999 in Sullivan County, which denied defendant's motion for reconsideration.

Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn Berman LLP (Daniel P. Waxman of counsel), New York City, for appellant.

Gerald Orseck, Liberty, for respondent.

Before: MERCURE, J.P., CREW III, SPAIN, CARPINELLO and GRAFFEO, JJ.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER


In 1995, plaintiff performed construction work for defendant in the amount of $129,327. To date, he has only received partial payments for this work and a balance of $69,327 remains outstanding. In this action commenced by plaintiff to recover these funds, Supreme Court granted plaintiff summary judgment on an account stated basis. Following an unsuccessful motion for reconsideration, defendant appeals. We affirm.

The undisputed facts in the record demonstrate that following completion of the construction project, plaintiff twice personally handed defendant a detailed invoice outlining the work performed, the materials used and the balance due. These invoices were never objected to by defendant, nor did defendant ever complain about the quality of the work performed. It is also undisputed that defendant made one partial payment in August 1995, that he orally assured plaintiff that he would pay the balance and that he was sent six consecutive monthly invoices between August 1995 and January 1996 outlining the balance due. None of these invoices was objected to by defendant. Defendant's attempt to refute these facts before Supreme Court was patently insufficient, and the "factual" issues which he claims preclude summary judgment are feigned and wholly unsupported in the record. Under these circumstances, Supreme Court clearly did not err in searching the record and granting plaintiff summary judgment on his account stated claim (see, e.g., Percy Assocs. v. Collura, 239 A.D.2d 650, 651; Cibro Petroleum Prods. v. Onondaga Oil Co., 144 A.D.2d 152, 153-154).

ORDERED that the orders and judgment are affirmed, with costs.


Summaries of

Hoyniak v. Acton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Apr 27, 2000
271 A.D.2d 892 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Hoyniak v. Acton

Case Details

Full title:VAL HOYNIAK, Respondent, v. EDWARD J. ACTON, Also Known as JAY ACTON…

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

Date published: Apr 27, 2000

Citations

271 A.D.2d 892 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
706 N.Y.S.2d 766

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