Legal Opinion

In re the Application for the Appointment of a Committee of the Person & Property of Long

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 10, 1941Published

1DissentHagarty, J.

The order about to be reversed directs Harry H. Goebel and Jacob Goebel, attorneys, summarily to pay over to the respondent, as committee of the property of the incompetent herein, the sum of $3,300.

After the institution of this proceeding to adjudicate Edwin J. Long to be an incompetent, and on the 22d day of January, 1940, a written agreement, retaining appellants to represent Long in defense of the proceeding and agreeing to pay them a fee of $5,000, was purportedly executed by Long. . Pursuant to that *462instrument the appellants received $2,500. This amount was paid in installments…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BurrSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  2. In the Matter of the Application of KnappNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  3. Merritt v. LambertNew York Court of Chancery · 1843
  4. Forstman v. . SchultingNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  5. Foster v. . TownshendNew York Court of Appeals · 1877

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