Matter of Howell
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 26, 1915, which modified and affirmed as modified an order of Special Term confirming the report of a referee appointed to determine the amount of an attorney’s lien. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The costs and allowances belong to the client, especially where the compensation of the attorney is otherwise agreed upon.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 26, 1915, which modified and affirmed as modified an order of Special Term confirming the report of a referee appointed to determine the amount of an attorney’s lien. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The costs and allowances belong to the client, especially where the compensation of the attorney is otherwise agreed upon. (Earley v. Whitney, 106 App. Div. 399; Caccia v. Isecke, 123 App. Div. 779.) . The contract of June 6, 1910, and the circumstances…
1Opinion of the CourtHogar, J.
February 16th, 1903, Jane A. McKenna, then about seventy years of age, evidently by reason of advanced years and with a view of being relieved of the cares incident to her property, by a certain trust deed conveyed her real and personal property to one William J. Oregan, as trustee, and directed him to pay to her the net income for life and at her death to pay over the remainder share and share alike to said William J. Oregan and Laura A Oregan. Within a few years thereafter William J. Oregan at a time when he was indebted to the trust estate in a large amount commenced an action in the…
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