Hirshbach v. Ketchum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Alexander P. Ketchum, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of February, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term overruling the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The complaint alleges that on the 27th of August, 1886, the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, procured the employment of the defendant as an attorney by and for the firm of L. Erstein & Brother of the city of New York, for the purpose of prosecuting and recovering all the claims of said L. Erstein & Brother, arising out of the payment of duties exacted of them by the United States . that the defendant by his contract was to receive from Erstein & Brother, in payment for said services, fifty per cent on his recovery; that in consideration of the procurement of said…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fleming v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Moses v. . McDivittNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Dolloway v. TurrillNew York Supreme Court · 1841
- Goodell v. HurlbutAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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- In Re the Proceedings for the Disbarment of ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Irwin v. . CurieNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Hirshbach v. KetchumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Ford v. MunroeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- In re the Proceedings for Disbarment of ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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