Legal Opinion

McCoy v. Gas Engine & Power Co.

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

Decided October 4, 1912PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Cross-appeals by the plaintiff, Daniel B. McCoy, and the defendants, Gas Engine and Power Company and others, from, parts of a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 26th day of August, 1911, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term, as amended by an order of said court dated September 23, 1911. The defendant Joseph A. Flannery by his appeal brings up for review an…

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Cross-appeals by the plaintiff, Daniel B. McCoy, and the defendants, Gas Engine and Power Company and others, from, parts of a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 26th day of August, 1911, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term, as amended by an order of said court dated September 23, 1911. The defendant Joseph A. Flannery by his appeal brings up for review an interlocutory order of the Supreme Court, entered on the 1st day of April, 1910, granting leave to defendants Gas Engine…

1Opinion of the Court

Hirschberg, J.:

The defendant corporation on or about the 22d day of May, 1906, retained the defendant Joseph A. Flannery, an attorney and counselor at law, to perform certain legal services. The contract of retainer was in writing, in form as follows:

“Matter of Claim of Gas Engine & Power Company for Damages under Chapter 634, Laws of 1905.
“ We hereby retain Joseph A. Flannery, Attorney, to represent us in the above-éntitled proceeding, and for his services and expenses we agree to pay said Flannery, 25 per cent, of any award and interest recovered up to and including $50,000. If said award…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McCoy v. Gas Engine & Power Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  2. McCoy v. Gas Engine & Power Co.New York Supreme Court · 1911
  3. McCoy v. Gas Engine & Power Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of GilmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  2. Application of David Kamerman, as Attorney and Counselor at Law of the State of New York, for an Adjudication of Said Attorney's Rights in the Action of Jbp Holding Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, Against United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
  3. Matter of City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  4. Morfeld v. AndrewsWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Santiago Herminio Gonzalez Y Barredo v. Edelmira Folla Schenck, Individually, and as of the Last Will and Testament of Maria Cintas FollaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970

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