Dishaw v. Wadleigh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, L. Ogden Wadleigh, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of St. Lawrence on the 8th day of May, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury for $500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of May, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. . The defendant is an attorney at law, residing and practicing his profession at…
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Appeal by the defendant, L. Ogden Wadleigh, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of St. Lawrence on the 8th day of May, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury for $500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of May, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. . The defendant is an attorney at law, residing and practicing his profession at Potsdam, St. Lawrence county. Sometime, in the year 1895 he entered into an arrangement with one Charles M. Woodward, who…
1Opinion of the Court
Herrick, J.:
This case is somewhat novel in its character; and, owing to its peculiar features, my associates have thought that while this appeal might perhaps be determined upon some of the rulings made upon the trial, yet it would be well to express our opinion upon the question as to whether such an action is' maintainable, and also give expression to our views upon the practice indulged in which led to this litigation, and by such expression perhaps relieve the court from resorting to harsher measures to cause a cessation of such practice in this department.
The appellant, as one of the…
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