Riley v. Pagan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William Riley, from a judgment of the County Court of Westchester county in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 23d day of October, 1897, affirming a judgment of the City Court of Yonkers dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
In 1895 the plaintiff was a justice of the peace in the city of Yonkers, and the defendant’s testator, John Pagan, Sr., was sued in his court by a man named Nicholas Delaney, In the course of the litigation thus instituted the plaintiff, as such justice of the peace, rendered certain services at the instance of each party. He has not been paid for the services which he rendered at the instance of Pagan, and he sought, by this action, to recover the fees prescribed for. such services by the Code of Civil Procedure. In the City Court of Yonkers his complaint was dismissed…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Adams v. HopkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Little v. . LynchNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Hildreth v. ElliceNew York Supreme Court · 1803
- Bellappi v. HoveyNew York Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by2 opinions
- Conlon v. HolsteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Riley v. PaganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899