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KOWALSKI ENTERPRISES v. SEM INTERNATIONAL

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 11, 1998
250 A.D.2d 648 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

May 11, 1998

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.).


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the plaintiffs' motion is granted, and the matter is remitted for a determination of the amount due and owing under the promissory note and guarantee.

Under the circumstances of this case, the plaintiffs proved their entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by submitting, in support of their motion, proof of the promissory note and guarantee and of the defendants' failure to make the payments provided by the terms of the note and guarantee ( see, North Fork Bank v. Hamptons Mist Mgt. Corp., 225 A.D.2d 595, 596; Governor Co. v. Dromoland Castle, 212 A.D.2d 759; Gateway State Bank v. Shangri-La Private Club for Women, 113 A.D.2d 791, affd 67 N.Y.2d 627). Accordingly, it was incumbent upon the defendants to come forward with proof in admissible form of the existence of triable issues of fact ( see, North Fork Bank v. Hamptons Mist Mgt. Corp., supra; Gateway State Bank v. Shangri-La Private Club for Women, supra). However, the defendants' unsubstantiated and conclusory allegations failed to raise triable issues of fact, and, therefore, the court should have granted the plaintiffs' motion ( see, North Fork Bank v. Hamptons Mist Mgt. Corp., supra; Elmsford-Interstate Bldg. Material Corp. v. Elm Ridge Mgt., 243 A.D.2d 675; Colonial Commercial Corp. v. Breskel Assocs., 238 A.D.2d 539. Grammas Assocs., Architectural Eng'g Servs. v. Erhlich, 229 A.D.2d 517).

Rosenblatt, J.P., Ritter, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

KOWALSKI ENTERPRISES v. SEM INTERNATIONAL

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 11, 1998
250 A.D.2d 648 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

KOWALSKI ENTERPRISES v. SEM INTERNATIONAL

Case Details

Full title:KOWALSKI ENTERPRISES, INC., et al., Appellants, v. SEM INTERNATIONAL…

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

Date published: May 11, 1998

Citations

250 A.D.2d 648 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
672 N.Y.S.2d 427

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