In re the Petition of Wise
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Mary Clementine Smedley from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of December, 1915, fixing the fee due to the respondent and directing the payment thereof.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
This is a summary proceeding brought by an attorney to fix the amount due to him from a client, one Mary Clementine Smedley. Miss Smedley had occupied for some years the relation of nurse and companion to an old gentleman named Hiram H. Lamport, who bequeathed to her, by his will a portion of his estate estimated to be of the value of about $30,000. This will was attacked by the relatives of Lamport, and was held to have been induced by fraud and undue influence on the part of Miss Smedley, and, therefore, void.
Lamport had also given to Miss Smedley, during his lifetime, certain…
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