In this action to recover a brokerage fee, where, after a nonjury trial, the court found that plaintiff was entitled to its commission under either contract theory or quantum meruit, the court erred in amending its judgment to affect defendant Holland's substantive rights while purporting to cure a mere mistake or defect pursuant to CPLR 5019 (a) (see, Herpe v Herpe, 225 N.Y. 323, 327; Kiker v Nassau County,
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