Mead v. First Trust & Deposit Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Witmer, J.
The principal question presented on this appeal is whether the petition states a cause of action for the court to invoke its authority to vacate default judgments which include awards for attorneys’ fees, when the judgments were entered by court clerks without application to the court and without quantum meruit proof of the value of the legal services rendered.
*74Mr. Justice Donald H. Mead, Administrative Judge of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of New York, petitioner, instituted this proceeding in August, 1976 against First Trust & Deposit Company (the…
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