Legal Opinion
Shelly v. Skief
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 18, 2010PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover fees for legal services rendered, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Lefkowitz, J.), entered July 14, 2009, as denied that branch of his motion which was for summary judgment on his first cause of action for an account stated in the sum of $38,000.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
“An account stated assumes the existence of some indebtedness between the parties, or an express agreement to treat a statement of debt as an account stated” (Simplex Grinnell v…
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