Breckenridge v. Cary
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, George P. Breckenridge, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day of July, 1920, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Merrell, J. :
This action is in equity for an accounting between copartners.
On or about April 30, 1916, the plaintiff, the defendant Melbert B. Cary, and one John H. Miller, since deceased, all attorneys and counselors at law, practicing their profession in the city and county of New York and elsewhere, entered into a copartnership for the practice of law under the firm name and style of Cary, Miller & Breckenridge. Pursuant to such partnership agreement the plaintiff was entitled to one-third of any fees received by said firm in any matters in which he assisted either or both of his…
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