Vasilakos v. Gouvis

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Williams, J.), entered March 9, 2001 in Saratoga County, upon a decision of the court in favor of plaintiffs.

In 1992, plaintiff Peter Vasilakos and his nephew, defendant Steven P. Gouvis, decided to jointly operate a diner and formed defendant Vagos Enterprises, Inc. Vagos Enterprises constructed a foundation to support a prefabricated diner on property owned by Vasilakos in the Village of Malta, Saratoga County. Since Vasilakos planned to develop other portions of the property, Vagos Enterprises installed water equipment in the basement of the…