Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1959

Zappala v. Upwood Realty Corp.

Zappala v. Upwood Realty Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 21, 1959
8 A.D.2d 716; 186 N.Y.S.2d 360; 1959 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8475
Zappala v. Upwood Realty Corp.

Opinion of the Court

The award of $42,500 on the record before this court is excessive. Accordingly, the judgment appealed from is modified in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 2 of section 584 of the Civil Practice Act by reducing the award to $27,500, and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs. (Leonard v. Frantz Co., 268 App. Div. 144, 148.) Concur — Botein, P. J., Rabin and McNally, JJ.; Breitel and Valente, JJ., dissent and vote to affirm. Settle order on notice.

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