Case Name: Stephen Companion, Appellant, v. W. Joseph Touchstone, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-10-17
Citations: 88 N.Y.2d 1043
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stephen Companion, Appellant, v W. Joseph Touchstone, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 88
Pages: 1043–1049

Head Matter:
[674 NE2d 329, 651 NYS2d 399]
Stephen Companion, Appellant, v W. Joseph Touchstone, Respondent.
Argued September 10, 1996;
decided October 17, 1996
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Hancock & Estabrook, L. L. P., Syracuse (Janet D. Callahan of counsel), for appellant.
Green & Seifter, P. C., Syracuse (Lee Alcott of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum of the Appellate Division (222 AD2d 1087).
Concur: Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Bellacosa, Levine and Ciparick. Judge Smith dissents in the following opinion in which Judges Simons and Titone concur.