Blumberg v. Schwarzstein
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from City Court of New York, Special Term. Action by Samuel Blumberg against Monassi I. Schwarzstein and others. From an order directing compulsory reference, defendants appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtBijur, J.
The action is brought by the plaintiff, an attorney, to
recover for professional services alleged to have been rendered to defendants.
Plaintiff claims in his brief that he performed services pursuant to three separate and distinct retainers in three separate cases; that the services covered a period of two years and consisted of upwards of seventy items; that, in addition, the defendants contend that all the services were not rendered for all the defendants and that it would be necessary to apportion them.
I cannot find in this statement by plaintiff himself of the character and extent of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pace v. AmendAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Prentice v. HuffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904