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McRay v. Citrin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 28, 2000
270 A.D.2d 191 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

March 28, 2000.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Sheila Abdus-Salaam, J.), entered on or about July 8, 1999, which, inter alia, granted defendant's cross motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Amos Weinberg for plaintiff-appellant.

Justine Clare Moran for defendant-respondent.

NARDELLI, J.P., MAZZARELLI, LERNER, FRIEDMAN, JJ.


The sole consideration given to support defendant's promise to pay plaintiff a yearly sum of money, plaintiff' s promise of "love and affection", did not suffice as a predicate for enforcement of the executory agreement (see, Parsons v. Teller, 188 N.Y. 318, 324). Accordingly, plaintiff's first cause of action premised on said agreement was properly dismissed. Also without merit was plaintiff's claim in her second cause of action that defendant was obligated, as a shareholder of the parties' corporation, to contribute additional funds to cover necessary expenses of the corporation. Such an obligation is nowhere mentioned in the parties' Shareholders' Agreement, and plaintiff did not otherwise adduce proof sufficient to demonstrate a bona fide factual issue as to the existence of the claimed obligation (see, CPLR 3212 [b]; S.J. Capelin Assocs., Inc. v. Globe Mfg. Corp., 34 N.Y.2d 338).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

McRay v. Citrin

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 28, 2000
270 A.D.2d 191 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

McRay v. Citrin

Case Details

Full title:Terri McRay, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Herbert M. Citrin…

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

Date published: Mar 28, 2000

Citations

270 A.D.2d 191 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
706 N.Y.S.2d 27

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