Avery v. Jacob
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by George P. Avery against William H. Jacob, as executor, and Josephine P. Clason, as executrix, of the will of Elizabeth Carter, deceased, to recover the value of services rendered to testatrix by plaintiff as an attorney and counselor at law.
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Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by George P. Avery against William H. Jacob, as executor, and Josephine P. Clason, as executrix, of the will of Elizabeth Carter, deceased, to recover the value of services rendered to testatrix by plaintiff as an attorney and counselor at law. The cause was tried before Thomas Allison, Esq., as referee, who filed the following opinion: “This is an action to recover the value of services rendered by plaintiff, as a lawyer, to the defendants’ testatrix, Mrs. Carter, and the disbursements made thereabout. All of these services and disbursements…
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, J.
The questions presented by the appeal bring the facts,
which are complicated. There is no controversy as to the law applicable to the case. The facts and all questions arising thereon have been fully discussed by the referee in an elaborate opinion, and a careful examination of the whole case has failed to disclose any error committed by him. The judgment should be affirmed, with costs, on the opinion of the referee. All concur.
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