Bassford v. Swift
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Second District Court of the city of Dew York, entered upon the verdict of a jury, in favor of the plaintiff, for $175, besides costs.
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Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the Second District Court of the city of Dew York, entered upon the verdict of a jury, in favor of the plaintiff, for $175, besides costs. The action was to recover for “ professional services for the defendants of the agreed price and reasonable value of $175.” The defense was a general denial and an averment that if plaintiff performed any services for the defendants, it was done without their knowledge and consent, and with notice to the plaintiff not to perform them. The pleadings were in writing.
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, P. J.
The plaintiff, an attorney-at-law, has recovered a judgment against the defendants for legal services in procuring an award of damages in their favor against the city by reason of a change in the grade of the street in front of their premises. In 1888 the defendants retained their counsel, Mr. Swan, to press their claim for an award, and Mr. Swan, without authority from them, retained the plaintiff on an agreement to pay him 25 per cent, of the amount recovered. The plaintiff had several hundred *150claims of a similar nature in his hands. There was ground for a finding that the defendants…
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