Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. v. Dougherty

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Oneida County (John W. Grow, J.), entered August 15, 2002. The order imposed a sanction in the amount of $1,500 against plaintiffs attorney and awarded counsel fees in the amount of $1,250.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously modified on the law by vacating the provision imposing sanctions and as modified the order is affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: After a default by defendants in this mortgage foreclosure action, counsel for plaintiff sought attorney’s fees in the amount of $6,160 pursuant to…