Commercial Telegram Co. v. Smith
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Motion by James B. Chandler to vacate the satisfaction of judgment recovered by the Commercial Telegram Company against James D. Smith, as president of the New York Stock Exchange, and others, and for permission to issue an execution against the Gold & Stock Telegraph Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company to collect the amount of the judgment, and enforce his lien for services as attorney for plaintiff in the litigation.
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Appeal from special term, New York county. Motion by James B. Chandler to vacate the satisfaction of judgment recovered by the Commercial Telegram Company against James D. Smith, as president of the New York Stock Exchange, and others, and for permission to issue an execution against the Gold & Stock Telegraph Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company to collect the amount of the judgment, and enforce his lien for services as attorney for plaintiff in the litigation. Motion denied. Appeal by James E. Chandler.
1Opinion of the Court
Daniels, J.,
The appellant was the attorney for the plaintiff in the action in which the judgment was recovered. The recovery was for the sum of $2,295.42, and included no more than the costs, together with an allowance amounting to the sum of $1,Q00. The appellant claimed to be entitled to a lien upon this judgment for his services in the litigation, and in December, 1889, he gave notice in writing to the attorneys for the defendants in the action that he had a lien upon the amount of the judgment for the services rendered by him as attorney and counsellor at law for the plaintiff in the…
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- In re WolfNew York Supreme Court · 1889
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