Andrewes v. Haas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Harold A. Andrewes, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 14th day of November, 1913, upon the decision of the court after a trial before the court at the Nassau Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Jerks, P. J.:
The plaintiff, a lawyer, complains that the defendants retained him to bring an action for $180,000 and agreed to pay to him for his legal services 25% of the recovery; that thereafter he rendered legal services in the preparation of the action and of the summons and complaint, of which the latter was submitted to the defendants for verification and was verified, but that the defendants refused to prosecute the action further, although requested so to do by plaintiff. Wherefore he demands judgment for $45,000 “ due and owing ” to him. The defendants made general denials and…
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- Matter of SnyderNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
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