Hamburg v. Bauer

Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs, upon the opinion of the Honorable Edward B. Thomas, official referee..

Present — Kelly, P. J., Rich, Jaycox, Manning and Kelby, JJ.

The following is the opinion of the official referee:

Thomas, Official Referee:

The agreement between the parties whereby plaintiff undertook to combine his earnings from the practice of law with the defendant’s earnings resulted in a sharing of fees with the defendant and enabled the defendant to practice law through the plaintiff. Such an arrangement affronts a vital governing principle of the court and disables the…