Brady v. Supervisors
The Superior Court of New York City
Motion to set aside report of referees. The action was brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for professional services rendered to the defendants during the years 1845, 1846, and 1847, while the plaintiff was counsel to the corporation. The declaration contained a special count adapted to the case, and also the common counts for work and labor. The plea was the general issue.
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Motion to set aside report of referees. The action was brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for professional services rendered to the defendants during the years 1845, 1846, and 1847, while the plaintiff was counsel to the corporation. The declaration contained a special count adapted to the case, and also the common counts for work and labor. The plea was the general issue. By an order of the court, the cause was referred, on the 31st day of March, 1848, to John L. Mason, Benjamin W. Bonney and Nelson Chase, counsellors at law. Upon the trial before the referees, it appeared in…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. Oakley, Ch. J.
The defence relied upon, is two fold:
First. It is insisted that the services of the plaintiff, for which the action is brought, were rendered by him in his character as ■counsel of the corporation, appointed by the common council of the city of New York.
The written opinions and reports prepared by the plaintiff and exhibited on the trial, appear to have been signed by him with the official addition of “ counsel to the corporationand it is claimed by the defendants, that the supervisors of, the city and county of New York, are in fact and in substance, the same as…
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