Bathgate v. . Haskin

I am unable to concur in the conclusion reached by the learned judge at Special Term, that the claim of the defendant Haskin, for services rendered as attorney in the suit brought by the New York and New Haven Railroad Company against these plaintiffs, was barred by the statute of limitations. That action was commenced in 1851, and Haskin was retained to defend it. Issue was joined therein, and in September, 1852, a motion was made by Haskin, in behalf of the defendants, to change the place of trial from New York to Westchester county, and, before decision, the judge before whom it was…