Plaintiff's mistake in commencing a prior action against defendant seeking the same relief using the name of plaintiff's successor in interest was rectified by the action's dismissal, and inasmuch as plaintiff did not prevail in that action, it affords no basis for application of the equitable doctrine of judicial estoppel to bar plaintiff's claim for services rendered by it to defendant (Guarino v Guarino,
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