Case Name: Samuel Kaplan, Appellant, v. William Walsh et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1947-04-24
Citations: 188 Misc. 1036
Docket Number: 
Parties: Samuel Kaplan, Appellant, v. William Walsh et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 188
Pages: 1036–1037

Head Matter:
Samuel Kaplan, Appellant, v. William Walsh et al., Respondents.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
April 24, 1947.
Ephraim S. London for appellant.
Kalman Hess for respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Memorandum The answering affidavit presents no triable issue of fact. Under the contract in question, defendants were limited to the retention of plaintiff's deposit in the sum of $500 in ease of his default, which amount under the contract must be regarded as liquidated damages. Defendants could not set up a counterclaim for damages in excess of that amount. (St. Cyr v. Sothern, 140 App. Div. 888.)
MacCrate, Steinbrink and Golden, JJ., concur.
The order should be unanimously reversed on the law, with $10 costs to plaintiff, and motion for summary judgment striking out defendants' counterclaim granted.
Order reversed, etc.