Zimmer v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.
New York Supreme Court
Petition of Ernest M. Welch, the attorney for the plaintiff, to set aside the satisfaction of a judgment for plaintiff herein for $10,650.76, given by the guardian ad litem and general guardian of the plaintiff; for the security and enforcement of the said attorney’s lien for his compensation herein.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
The plaintiff, an infant, obtained through the services of this petitioner as her attorney and counsel, judgment *263against both defendants for $10,000 and costs. On petition of the defendants, an order was made herein on due notice to the plaintiff and her said attorney, and after a hearing, that the said judgment be paid to the general guardian of the plaintiff if one should be appointed within a time limited, and if not that it be paid to the Franklin Trust Co. for the plaintiff. The guardian ad litem, her father, was thereupon appointed and qualified as such general guardian, and…
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