Witmark v. Perley
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the City Court of the city of ISTew York, made at Special Term.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerioh, J.
The plaintiff, on the eve of trial, without the knowledge or consent of his attorney, and without making any arrangement for the payment of the attorney’s fee, compromised his claim of $744.53 against the defendant, for the sum of $350, and moves to compel the latter to consent to a discontinuance of the action.
The attorney made a cross-motion by petition, praying that the court determine and enforce his lien upon the plaintiff’s cause of action.
The court below, at Special Term, granted the petition, and fixed and determined the amount of the respondent’s lien upon the plaintiff’s claim and…
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- National Exhibition Co. v. CraneNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Poole v. . BelchaNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Fenwick v. MitchellNew York Supreme Court · 1901
- Young v. HowellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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