In re the Board of Water Supply
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal hy Sadie Buley and others from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Ulster Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 14th day of April, 1913, denying motions of counsel for allowances of five per cent counsel fees.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
Brown & Slosson, attorneys for various Ulster county claimants for business damages, under the provisions of section 42 of chapter 124 of the Laws of 1905, as amended by chapter 314 of the Laws of 1906, moved at the Ulster County Special Term for an allowance of five per cent as counsel fees upon the various awards which they had secured under the provisions of the statute for business damages growing out of the taking of lands for water supply purposes. The Business Damage Commission which had made the several awards refused to make any recommendation for the payment of five per…
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