Begly v. Weddigen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Kings County. Action by Hugh J. Begly against Louis Weddigen and others, co-partners as Louis Weddigen & Co. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, plaintiff appeals.
1Per curiam
In this case the agreement signed by the defendants provided that they were to pay the plaintiff nothing for his services and disbursements in case of failure to obtain the abatements or recoveries mentioned in the contract. In Stedwell v. Hartmann, 74 App. Div. 126, 77 N. Y. Supp. 498, the agreement expressly provided that everything that was done thereunder by plaintiff’s testator was “to be done at his own expense.” This is the only apparent differ*806ence between the two cases, and is not, we think, sufficient to distinguish the case at bar from the Stedwell Case. Inasmuch as the latter has…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stedwell v. HartmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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