Case Name: Susi Contracting Co., Inc., Respondent, v. Anthony J. Orlando, Doing Business under the Name of A. J. Orlando Contracting Co., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1969-10-23
Citations: 33 A.D.2d 548
Docket Number: 
Parties: Susi Contracting Co., Inc., Respondent, v. Anthony J. Orlando, Doing Business under the Name of A. J. Orlando Contracting Co., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 548–549

Head Matter:
Susi Contracting Co., Inc., Respondent, v. Anthony J. Orlando, Doing Business under the Name of A. J. Orlando Contracting Co., Appellant.

Opinion:
—• Judgment unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, to provide that interest at the rate of 6% on the recovery awarded shall run from November 29,1957, and otherwise affirmed, with disbursements only to plaintiff-respondent. With the exception of the direction for payment of interest, we conclude that the evidence fully supports the findings of fact and conclusions of the Special Referee, confirmed at Special Term. The allowance of interest on the accounting between the joint venturers is a matter for decision on equitable principles, and, under the circumstances here, we deem the appropriate date for the starting of the running of interest to be the date of the final payment by the contractor to the defendant. (See Jackson v. Hunt, Hill & Betts, 20 A D 2d 458; Shubert v. Lawrence, 27 A D 2d 292; cf. Sahley v. McKee, 371 F. 2d 720.) Concur — Stevens, P. J., Eager, McGivern, Markewich and McNally, JJ.