Hirschhorn v. Hirschhorn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action for a divorce and ancillary relief, the defendant husband appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Posner, J.), dated June 12, 1991, as denied his motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
On a motion to dismiss a complaint for failure to state a cause of action, the court must examine the four corners of the complaint and give the plaintiff the benefit of every possible favorable inference. As long as a cause of action…
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