Case Name: Holiday Universal, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Lennox G. Patterson, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-11-12
Citations: 116 Misc. 2d 547
Docket Number: 
Parties: Holiday Universal, Inc., Plaintiff, v Lennox G. Patterson, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 116
Pages: 547–547

Head Matter:
Holiday Universal, Inc., Plaintiff, v Lennox G. Patterson, Defendant.
Supreme Court, Special Term, Nassau County,
November 12, 1982
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Batzar & Weinberg for plaintiff. Lennox G. Patterson, defendant pro se.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
John S. Lockman, J.
Motion to vacate a satisfaction of judgment, though unopposed, is denied, without prejudice.
Plaintiff secured a judgment for $626.58 against defendant upon a retail installment credit agreement. Defendant paid $400 on July 6, 1982. On August 5, 1982, plaintiff's attorney received a third-party check in payment of the balance. On August 18, 1982, he filed a satisfaction of judgment. Thereafter, the third-party check was returned for insufficient funds.
Having accepted the third-party check, plaintiff cites no authority which would entitle him to vacating the satisfaction. Clearly, he has a cause of action against the maker of the check. (Uniform Commercial Code, § 3-122.) Absent authority to support the granting of the relief sought, the court is constrained to deny the motion but without prejudice.