Sullivan v. Mayor
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Yew York county. Action by James H. Sullivan against the mayor, aldermen, and ■commonalty of the city of Yew York. The original attorney for the plaintiff was John H. Strahan, who died pending the suit, having previously made an assignment to Ella S. Webster.
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Appeal from special term, Yew York county. Action by James H. Sullivan against the mayor, aldermen, and ■commonalty of the city of Yew York. The original attorney for the plaintiff was John H. Strahan, who died pending the suit, having previously made an assignment to Ella S. Webster. An order was made in the cause directing said Ella S. Webster to deliver to the substituted attorney for the plaintiff certain papers, on which she claimed a lien for professional services rendered by said Strahan. She appeals.
1Per curiam
Although the order to show cause and answering affidavits, upon which this motion was made, are not printed in the records, it would appear from the recitals in the order appealed from that this is a proceeding commenced by an order to show cause, requiring one Ella S. Webster, as assignee of John H. Strahan, the former attorney for the plaintiff in this action, to show cause why she should not deliver up to the attorneys who were substituted'as the attorneys in place of said Strahan the pleadings .and all papers in this action, which were in the possession of said Ella S. Webster; that on…
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