JMD Holding Corp. v Congress Fin. Corp.
2004 NY Slip Op 02321 [5 AD3d 334]
March 30, 2004
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, May 26, 2004


JMD Holding Corp., Respondent,
v
Congress Financial Corporation, Appellant, et al., Defendant.

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Marian Lewis, Special Ref.), entered September 2, 2003, which, after a hearing, awarded plaintiff $820,256.41 plus interest, costs and disbursements, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

In light of plaintiff's repayment of the loan and our prior decision that defendant was not entitled to retain plaintiff's cash reserve after repayment (309 AD2d 645 [2003]), defendant was required to refund all fees misappropriated from plaintiff's account following repayment of the loan in full. Contrary to defendant's contention, there were no "contingent obligations" under the agreement justifying its retention of these fees once plaintiff had repaid the loan. Any obligations that arguably arose out of the loan agreement after repayment of the debt were the result of defendant's refusal to terminate its security interest or return plaintiff's money. Finally, plaintiff's failure to object to fees wrongfully charged by defendant did not create a liability, under the theory of an account stated, where none existed in the first place (Gurney, Becker & Bourne v Benderson Dev. Co., 47 NY2d 995, 996 [1979]). Concur—Nardelli, J.P., Tom, Andrias, Saxe and Marlow, JJ.