Pierson v. Willets Point Contracting Corp.

FINDINGS AND FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HURLEY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

By complaint dated March 10, 1988, plaintiffs commenced a diversity action against the corporate defendants for monies allegedly due under a contract dated February 10, 1986.

In its answer, defendant Willets Point Contracting Corporation (‘Willets”), inter alia, counterclaimed for $75,000 it paid to plaintiffs pursuant to what it claims were anticipated “consulting agreements” which never materialized.

The answer of defendant Haulage Enterprises Corporation 1 contains a series of denials, coupled with references to “all…