Legal Opinion

Riley v. Pagan

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

Decided October 15, 1899Published

Appeal by the plaintiff, William Riley, from a judgment of the County Court of Westchester county, entered in the office of the. clerk of the county of Westchester on the 7th day of June, 1899, reversing a judgment of .the City Court of lronlters.

1Opinion of the Court

Woodward, J.:

Upon a former appeal (Riley v. Pagan, 32 App. Div. 274) this court held that the plaintiff might maintain an action at law to recover his fees as a justice of the jieace for services rendered at the request of the defendant’s testator, without indicating what particular services were so rendered. . The case has been retried, the City Court of Yonkers finding in favor of the plaintiff in the sumqof $1.10, with costs bringing the judgment up to $152.48. This judgment was appealed from to the County Court of Westchester county, where the judgment was reversed, without granting a new *17…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Riley v. PaganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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