Case Name: J.G. Hook, Inc., Appellant, v. Dorving Realty Corp., Defendant, and Joseph Hamaoui, Individually and Trading as West Forty Associates, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-04-17
Citations: 160 A.D.2d 415
Docket Number: 
Parties: J.G. Hook, Inc., Appellant, v Dorving Realty Corp., Defendant, and Joseph Hamaoui, Individually and Trading as West Forty Associates, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 160
Pages: 415–416

Head Matter:
J.G. Hook, Inc., Appellant, v Dorving Realty Corp., Defendant, and Joseph Hamaoui, Individually and Trading as West Forty Associates, Respondent.

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beverly S. Cohen, J.), entered November 17, 1989, denying plaintiff's motion for summary judgment against defendant Hamaoui while granting judgment on default against defendant Dorving Realty Corp., unanimously affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Whether payment of $52,000 by plaintiff to Hamaoui for a general release of obligations on the remaining year of a 510-year lease was intended to include return of plaintiff's secu rity deposit of $11,033.34 presents a triable issue. Thus, summary judgment was properly denied as to defendant Hamaoui. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Sullivan, Milonas, Kassal and Wallach, JJ.