Legal Opinion
Ward v. Orsini
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1926PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
The action is brought to enforce an attorney’s lien in an action brought by defendant Orsini against the defendant New York Central Railroad Company. Plaintiff, relying on the Judiciary Law (§ 474) (Cons. Laws, ch. 30) which provides: “The compensation of an attorney or counsellor for his services is governed by agreement, express or implied, which is not restrained by law,” made a contract with Orsini which' reads as follows:
“ This Agreement, made this 5th day of April, 1923, by and between Nick Orsini hereinafter referred to as client, of the city of........party of the first part, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of SnyderNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Morehouse v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
3Cited by28 opinions
- Gair v. PeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- In re the Estate of SchanzerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
- Petition of Rosenman Colin Freund Lewis & CohenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Reisch & Klar v. SadofskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Williamson v. John D. Quinn Construction Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
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