Legal Opinion

Matter of Craig

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 2, 1916PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 11, 1916, which reversed an order of the New York County Surrogate’s Court appointing a referee to take testimony and to report thereon in a special proceeding instituted in said Surrogate’s Court by an attorney for the purpose of ascertaining the value of his services rendered to a client, and to enforce an alleged charging lien therefor against his…

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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 11, 1916, which reversed an order of the New York County Surrogate’s Court appointing a referee to take testimony and to report thereon in a special proceeding instituted in said Surrogate’s Court by an attorney for the purpose of ascertaining the value of his services rendered to a client, and to enforce an alleged charging lien therefor against his client’s undistributed share in the estate of Samuel Long, deceased.

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal dismissed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Willard Bartlett, Oh. J., Hiscock, Collin, Cuddeback, Hogan and Pound, JJ. Not sitting: Seabury, J.

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Matter of CraigNew York Court of Appeals · 1916