Case Name: Daniel Tavernier, Respondent, v. Irving J. Toner, Individually and as President and Treasurer of Warsaw Television Cable Corp., et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1990-03-16
Citations: 159 A.D.2d 1011
Docket Number: 
Parties: Daniel Tavernier, Respondent, v Irving J. Toner, Individually and as President and Treasurer of Warsaw Television Cable Corp., et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 159
Pages: 1011–1012

Head Matter:
Daniel Tavernier, Respondent, v Irving J. Toner, Individually and as President and Treasurer of Warsaw Television Cable Corp., et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: There are triable questions of fact precluding summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff's claim for breach of an alleged agreement for joint owner ship in the corporation. Similarly, questions of fact preclude summary judgment for defendants on their defenses based on the Statute of Limitations (see, Tavernier v Toner, 134 AD2d 972 [affirming without opinion denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment on timeliness grounds]), laches, abandonment, and lack or failure of consideration. Finally, defendants failed to establish their entitlement to summary judgment either dismissing the action as against the corporation, or dismissing the action against all defendants based on the Statute of Frauds (see, General Obligations Law § 5-701 [a] [1]; North Shore Bottling Co. v Schmidt & Sons, 22 NY2d 171, 175-176). (Appeal from order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Joslin, J. — summary judgment.) Present — Callahan, J. P., Denman, Boomer, Balio and Lowery, JJ.