Jedon Corp. v. Industrial Paint Services

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from that part of two orders of the Supreme Court (Rumsey, J.), entered June 15, 2004 and January 18, 2005 in Tioga County, which denied plaintiffs requests for counsel fees.

Plaintiff and defendant are corporations that were closely-held by R. Donald Chapman and Jean Williams prior to their *916acrimonious divorce.* Following the divorce, Chapman assumed sole ownership of plaintiff and Williams assumed sole ownership of defendant, and a settlement was reached whereby defendant would purchase the assets of plaintiff. When defendant failed to make a final payment pursuant to the…