Ortiz v Tee Pee Fence & Railing Corp. |
2006 NY Slip Op 50742(U) [11 Misc 3d 143(A)] |
Decided on April 14, 2006 |
Appellate Term, Second Department |
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law ยง 431. |
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports. |
Appeal from a judgment of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County (Kevin Kerrigan, J.), dated February 1, 2005. The judgment, after a nonjury trial, awarded plaintiff the principal sum of $4,245.
Judgment affirmed without costs.
In this small claims action to recover damages caused by defendant's defective installation of concrete around plaintiff's house, we find that the trial court properly
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rendered its judgment providing the parties with substantial justice according to the rules and principles of substantive law (CCA 1804, 1807; see Ross v Friedman, 269 AD2d 584 [2000]; Williams v Roper, 269 AD2d 125, 126 [2000]).
Pesce, P.J., Weston Patterson and Rios, JJ., concur.
Decision Date: April 14, 2006