Kissam v. Bremerman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Edward Y. B. Kissam, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 3d day of May, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term overruling his demurrer to the counterclaim set forth in the defendant’s answer.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This action is brought to recover $100, alleged to be the value of professional services rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant as an attorney and counselor at law, and $10 paid out for the defendant in the course of such services. The answer denies the alleged employment positively, - and then' proceeds in the 3d, 4th and 5th subdivisions thereof to set up facts on information and belief which, according to the defendant, constitute a counterclaim in his behalf for the sum of $175. The plaintiff demurred to this part of the answer on. the ground that the alleged…
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