Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1997

Rio Energy International, Inc. v. J. Aron & Co.

Rio Energy International, Inc. v. J. Aron & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 25, 1997
244 A.D.2d 295; 664 N.Y.S.2d 306; 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11870
Rio Energy International, Inc. v. J. Aron & Co.

Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered November 8, 1996, which dismissed so much of an action as sought to recover attorneys’ fees, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff’s claim for attorneys’ fees was properly rejected on the ground that under the “Non-Performance” clause of the subject contract, recovery of attorneys’ fees is limited to plaintiff’s exercise of the remedy of liquidation and set-off, a remedy not exercised by plaintiffs, who instead opted to sue for breach of contract. Concur—Milonas, J. P., Rosenberger, Rubin, Williams and Colabella, JJ.

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