Curran v Deluca

[*1] Curran v Deluca 2005 NYSlipOp 50372(U) Decided on March 23, 2005 Appellate Term, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on March 23, 2005
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPELLATE TERM: 9th and 10th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: McCABE, P.J., ANGIOLILLO and COVELLO, JJ.
2004-238 D C

Christopher M. Curran and PAULA M. CURRAN, Appellants,

against

Richard Deluca d/b/a/ DELUCA HOMES INC., Respondent.

Appeal by plaintiffs from a small claims judgment of the Justice Court, Town of East Fishkill, Dutchess County (T. Wood, J.), entered on October 31, 2003, in favor of defendant dismissing the action.

Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs.

In this small claims action to recover a claimed overcharge for renovations made by the defendant, a contractor, the trial court properly rendered its judgment providing
the parties with substantial justice according to the rules and principles of substantive law (UJCA 1804, 1807; see Ross v Friedman, 269 AD2d 584 [2000]; Williams v Roper, 269 AD2d 125, 126 [2000]).
Decision Date: March 23, 2005