In re Board of Water Supply
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Brown & Slosson, attorneys, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Dutchess Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 30th day of June, 1917, granting a motion to cancel their hens.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
This is an appeal from an order of the Special Term canceling hens for professional services filed against awards for damages arising out of the construction of the Ashokan reservoir, and directing the comptroller of the city of New York to pay the full amount of said award ¡to the claimant, respondent, herein, Filmore Bell.
In April, 1912, said Bell, through the appellants as his attorneys, filed with the board of water supply of the city of New York a claim for damages to an established business resulting from the acquiring of lands by the city of New York for reservoir purposes,…
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