In re Weinberg

From an order of Special Term confirming the report of a referee in a summary proceeding and directing the appellant, an attorney, forthwith to turn over to the petitioners a certain sum of money and providing that, in default thereof, the said appellant may be punished as for a contempt of court, the latter appeals.

The facts are as follows: The appellant acted in the capacity of attorney at law to represent the interest of the petitioners as lenders of money on mortgage. The Vignali Realty Corporation employed a broker named Mintz, who brought the loan to another broker named Nathaniel…