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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Joseph ELIAS, appellant, v. PARAGON FILMS, Inc., respondent.
    (Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
    July 28, 1916.)
    The second counterclaim does not state a cause ol action, and the demurrer to it should be sustained. Buhler Co. v. New York Dock Co., 170 App. Div. 488, 156 N. Y. Supp. 457. The demurrer to the first counterclaim should be overruled, as the defendant may offset the sum properly paid by it to finish the work pursuant to the contract. The order Is modified accordingly, and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs.
   Jenks, P. J., and Thomas, Carr, Rich, and Putnam, JJ., concur.