Kahn v. Brooklyn Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by tlie plaintiff, Aaron Kahn, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings County in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 4th day of February, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered upon an appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of February, 1896, reversing the said judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
One Mrs. Antoinette Schermerhorn was an heir at law and next of kin of Francis W Laask, who died in February, 1889, leaving a will substantially disinheriting her. The plaintiff, a lawyer, and Mrs. Schermerhorn entered into an agreement for the contest of the will, whereby the plaintiff was to render services in such actions and legal proceedings as might be necessary, and receive as compen*496sation one-half of whatever he might obtain for his client. There was much and long litigation over the will. Finally a compromise was made, by which it was agreed that three of the devisees…
2Cited by1 opinion
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