Brown Harris Stevens on Site Marketing & Sales, LLC v. One York Property, LLC

69 A.D.3d 424, 892 N.Y.2d 386

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: January 7, 2010
• Status: Published

Opinion

Plaintiff established its entitlement to the commission from the sale of apartment 6G at 1 York Street in Manhattan because the parties’ sales agency agreement is a divisible contract consisting of several distinct and separate items (see Chiarizia v Xtreme Rydz Custom Cycles, 43 AD3d 1353, 1354 [2007]). Although there is no legitimate question as to the amount of the commission plaintiff should be paid for the apartment sale, plaintiff should be denied summary judgment because defendants have counterclaims for an amount equal to or greater than the amount demanded in the complaint (see Stack Elec, v DiNardi Constr. Corp., 161 AD2d 416, 417-418 [1990]; see also Pronti v Grigoriou, 49 AD3d 1135 [2008], citing Illinois McGraw Elec. Co. v John J. Walters, Inc., 7 NY2d 874, 876-877 [1959]). Concur—Friedman, J.E, McGuire, Renwick, Richter and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.