Seligman v. Exquisite Form Industries, Inc.

33 A.D.2d 550, 304 N.Y.S.2d 567, 1969 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3011

Opinion

Order entered February 28,1969, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the motion to dismiss is denied, with $50 costs and disbursements. The statutory requirement of a writing in the ease of contracts to pay compensation for the rendition of services as a finder in connection with the sale of a business opportunity (General Obligations Law, § 5-701, subd. 10) has been held not to apply to an attorney at law, as the statute so precisely declares; and this has been so concluded whether or not an attorney-client relationship existed between the parties. (Harris v. Sobel, 31 A D 2d 529, Rever v. Kayser-Roth Corp., 29 A D 2d 920.) Concur — Stevens, P. J., Capozzoli, McGivern, Nunez and Steuer, JJ.