Michigan Avenue National Bank v. Zion

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Michigan Avenue National Bank v. Zion

43 A.D.2d 537, 349 N.Y.S.2d 684, 1973 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3110

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedNovember 20, 1973

StatusPublished

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Michigan Avenue National Bank v. Zion, 43 A.D.2d 537, 349 N.Y.S.2d 684, 1973 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3110 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1973).

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Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered March 21, 1972, and judgment of said court entered thereon on March 23, 1972, unanimously modified, on the law, so as to delete therefrom the direction that plaintiff recover the sum of $2,350 as counsel fees and as thus modified, affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Order of said court entered on' March 21, 1973, denying appellant’s motion for reconsideration or reargument, unanimously affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Appellant, in his promissory note, authorizes “any attorney * * * to * * * confess judgment * ® * for such amount as may appear unpaid thereon, together with costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees ”. Since the note does not provide for the awarding of counsel fees except [538]*538in the limited circumstances of a confession, not here applicable, plaintiff is not entitled to recover attorneys’ fees. (See Avalon Constr. Corp. v. Kirch Holding Go., 256 1ST. Y. 137, 145; Dunlcel v. McDonald, 272 App. Div. 267, 272, affd. 298 N. Y. 586.) Concur — Nunez, J. P., Murphy, Lane, Tilzer and Capozzoli, JJ.

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Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered March 21, 1972, and judgment of said court entered thereon on March 23, 1972, unanimously modified, on the law, so as to delete therefrom the direction that plaintiff recover the sum of $2,350 as counsel fees and as thus modified, affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Order of said court entered on' March 21, 1973, denying appellant’s motion for reconsideration or reargument, unanimously affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Appellant, in his promissory note, authorizes “any attorney * * * to * * * confess judgment * ® * for such amount as may appear unpaid thereon, together with costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees ”. Since the note does not provide for the awarding of counsel fees except [538]*538in the limited circumstances of a confession, not here applicable, plaintiff is not entitled to recover attorneys’ fees. (See Avalon Constr. Corp. v. Kirch Holding Go., 256 1ST. Y. 137, 145; Dunlcel v. McDonald, 272 App. Div. 267, 272, affd. 298 N. Y. 586.) Concur — Nunez, J. P., Murphy, Lane, Tilzer and Capozzoli, JJ.

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