Legal Opinion

Williams v. . Barkley

New York Court of Appeals

Decided November 27, 1900PublishedCited by 73 opinions

Appeal, "by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 6, 1900, reversing an order made at Special Term which denied a motion made by the respondent for an order requiring the payment to him of money deposited in court, and granting said motion upon certain conditions. The facts, so far as material, and the question certified are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal, "by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 6, 1900, reversing an order made at Special Term which denied a motion made by the respondent for an order requiring the payment to him of money deposited in court, and granting said motion upon certain conditions. The facts, so far as material, and the question certified are stated in the opinion. The adjudication upon the motion to confirm the report of the referee does not determine the rights or liens of the plaintiffs, George Baines and Thomas Baines, to or…

1Opinion of the CourtVam, J.

The facts in this protracted controversy between attorneys and client have been stated so often that it is unnecessary to again repeat them. (Barkley v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 35 App. Div. 167; Matter of Barldey, 42 App. Div. 597; 161 N. Y. 647: Williams v. Barkley, 52 App. Div. 631.)

The question we are now called upon to determine was certified to us by the court below in the following form, viz.: “ Does the former adjudication of this court, upon the motion to confirm the report of the referee in the case of Barkley v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company and upon the order…

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  5. Holmes v. . EvansNew York Court of Appeals · 1891

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