Bassis v. Rutenberg

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from the entry of judgment for the defendant on the pleadings.

The action is in assumpsit based upon allegations in the complaint to this effect: Plaintiff is a certified public accountant licensed to practice in the State of New York. He had acted for Morris Rabinowitz in the preparation of his Federal income tax returns for a number of years. In January 1947 Rabinowitz notified plaintiff that his income tax returns for the years 1944 and 1945 were about to be investigated. If there were inaccuracies in these returns plaintiff was not to…