Geller v. Julien

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered July 9, 1975, unanimously affirmed, with $60 costs and disbursements to respondent. When defendant-appellant, an attorney, was originally retained by one Cook in 1962 to prosecute an action in behalf of the latter’s infant child against the City of New York, he employed plaintiff-respondent to assist him. When defendant was later ousted by the client and signed a stipulation substituting attorney Schreiber for himself, he retained no lien. He now claims that, by agreement between his successor, and trial counsel Julien and himself, he is…