In re Application of Hirshbach
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, Simon Hirshbach, from an order of' the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew Yoi’lt On the 16th day of December, 1901, as resettled by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of January, 1902, denying the petitioner’s application to compel the respondent, an attorney, to pay-over to him certain moneys in summary proceedings.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The petitioner in this proceeding seems to have successfully performed the acrobatic feat of “ jumping from the frying pan into the fire.” The petitioner is an attorney', and he avers in his petition ■ that, in the month of August, 1886, at the request of the respondent Ketchum, he procured from the firm of L. Erstein & Brother a 'written retainer appointing the said Ketchum as attorney for such firm in the prosecution of certain claims against the government of the United States arising out of certain duties upon goods paid by-the said firm, it being claimed that such duties were…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hirshbach v. KetchumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Taylor v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Hirshbach v. KetchumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903