Legal Opinion

Partnership 92 West, L.P. v. Woods

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided August 31, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

*446OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

Order dated April 27, 1999 reversed, with $10 costs, and tenant’s application for attorneys’ fees is denied. Appeals from orders dated January 4, 1999 and June 1, 1999 dismissed, without costs, as academic.

Tenant’s application for attorneys’ fees should have been denied since she failed to sustain her burden of proving that a lease was executed containing a provision for the recovery of litigation costs (see, Orlowski v Koroleski, 234 AD2d 436). Neither party has produced the original lease, which apparently dates back over three decades. There is no factual basis for…

3Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Orlowski v. KoroleskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. Rivertower Associates v. ChalfenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  3. East Egg Associates v. DiRaffaeleNew York Supreme Court · 1994
  4. East Egg Associates v. DiraffaeleCivil Court of the City of New York · 1993

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