Matter of Dept. of Public W'ks of N.Y. City
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 2, 1901, which reversed a final order of Special Term entered upon the report of a referee, adjudging that the appellants herein recover from the respondent certain sums of money. The nature of the proceeding and the facts, so far as materia], are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 2, 1901, which reversed a final order of Special Term entered upon the report of a referee, adjudging that the appellants herein recover from the respondent certain sums of money. The nature of the proceeding and the facts, so far as materia], are stated in the opinion. The final order entered in the original court on the referee’s report, in strict conformity with the express directions contained in the order of reference, became binding and conclusive upon the respondent…
1Per curiam
The respondent, Mary Hynes,was the owner of property taken in laying out Jerome avenue. On the 17th of May, 1893, she entered into a written contract with one Granville P. Hawes as her counsel to pay him for his services three per cent of any and all sums awarded to her for property taken, the sum to be in full for his services. It was further agreed that counsel should be paid nothing in case of failure to obtain award.
On the 29th of December, 1893, Granville P. Hawes died, and his partner, Barclay E. Y. McCarty, took his place under an agreement with Mrs. Hynes to act on the same terms as…
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- Spence v. BodeAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1908
- In re Jerome AvenueAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903