In re Carney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, James Carney, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Albany Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rensselaer on the 29th day of February, 1916, denying his motion for an accounting, and also from a second order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying his motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, P. J.:
The appellant petitioned the court that his attorney be compelled to render an accounting for the moneys received by him as such attorney. In his petition he states that he had agreed with his attorney to pay him fifty per cent of the amount realized from the matter for his services and disbursements, but alleges that he was overreached in the matter, and the attorney did not give him full information, and that the services rendered by the attorney were of the value of only $1,000, whereas it appears that the half of the amount realized was greatly in excess of that sum, which…
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