Ordered that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting the second decretal paragraph thereof and substituting therefore a provision granting the defendant's motion to vacate the judgment entered December 31, 1990, only to the extent that the provision awarding attorney's fees is vacated; as so modified, the order is affirmed, with costs to the defendant.
The law is well settled that a civil litigant may not recover attorney's fees in the absence of contractual...
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