Case Name: Waldemar Knoll, Doing Business as Knoll Contracting, Appellant, v. Cape Cod Sea Food Restaurant, Ltd., Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1974-12-20
Citations: 35 N.Y.2d 917
Docket Number: 
Parties: Waldemar Knoll, Doing Business as Knoll Contracting, Appellant, v. Cape Cod Sea Food Restaurant, Ltd., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 917–918

Head Matter:
Waldemar Knoll, Doing Business as Knoll Contracting, Appellant, v. Cape Cod Sea Food Restaurant, Ltd., Respondent.
Submitted November 22, 1974;
decided December 20, 1974.
Richard E. Leavitt for appellant.
Dennis M. Beck for respondent.

Opinion:
Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Following an adjudication that he failed to prove performance of an express contract both valid and enforceable, a party may not disregard such contract and recover in a separate cause of action for quantum meruit (Foster v. White & Sons, 244 App. Div. 368, affd. 270 N. Y. 572; see, also, 50 N. Y. Jur., Restitution, § 105).
Ohief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Oabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Stevens concur ; Judge Rabin taking no part.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.