Legal Opinion
In re the People
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 4, 1926Published
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The question herein involved is whether the act of the State Superintendent of Insurance, in fixing the compensation of persons employed by him under the provisions of section 63 of the Insurance Law, is final, save only as the court may disapprove of the amount upon the ground of a waste of assets.
The Superintendent of Insurance employed Maxwell Rubin, an attorney, to conduct certain litigation in connection with liquidation proceedings of the Casualty Company of America. The *682employment was oral and no amount of compensation was agreed upon. The employment was terminated, and the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Van Tuyl v. . ScharmannNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- People v. Knickerbocker Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Dykman v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Masters v. Eclectic Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926