Legal Opinion

United States Title Guaranty Company v. . Brown

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 25, 1916PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 19, 1915, affirming an interlocutory judgment of Special Term in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.

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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 19, 1915, affirming an interlocutory judgment of Special Term in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action is brought by the plaintiff to cancel a contract by which the plaintiff employed the defendant, an attorney, to represent certain owners whose property was about to be taken by the city of New York in condemnation proceedings, and to compel the defendant to account and pay over to the • plaintiff moneys…

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, with costs, and questions certified answered in the affirmative; no opinion.

Concur: Willard Bartlett, Ch. J., Chase, Cuddeback, Cardozo and Pound, JJ.; Collin and Seabury, JJ., vote to answer the second and third questions in the negative.

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. O'Connor v. Bankers Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1936
  2. In re Maclub of America, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  3. East Side Credit Union v. LeimanNew York Supreme Court · 1927
  4. In re the Estate of WellingtonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
  5. Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1939

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