Johnson v. Johnson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Esther Jennie Johnson, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of May, 1912, denying the plaintiff’s motion for counsel fees.
1Opinion of the Court
Bure, J.:
The nature of this action is set forth in the opinion of this court upon the previous appeal. (Johnson v. Johnson, 150 App. Div. 306.) Inasmuch as the order then reviewed, which denied plaintiff’s application for a counsel fee to enable her to maintain this action, was based upon a supposed want of power, when the order was reversed the- proceedings were remitted to the Special Term of this court to consider the merits. From an order denying plaintiff’s application upon the merits this appeal comes.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Collins v. . CollinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Osgood v. OsgoodNew York Court of Chancery · 1831
- Waterman v. WatermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Johnson v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Vincent v. VincentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
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