In re Martin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, James Martin, 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 New York on the 4th day of April, 1902, denying the petitioner’s motion for an order directing the respondent to pay over to him certain moneys collected by said respondent as an attorney, with interest.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
By the petition in this proceeding it appeared that the petitioner employed Mr. Grant as his attorney to procure his reinstatement as doorman in the police department of the city of New York, from which position it was claimed that he had been improperly removed. The attorney instituted proceedings by mandamus to compel the petitioner’s reinstatement. The proceeding was successful, resulting in an order directing the petitioner’s reinstatement in his position. After such result had been accomplished the petitioner asserted a claim for back pay during the period between the time of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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