Legal Opinion
Strong v. Eckert
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 14, 1917PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal by the plaintiff, George A. Strong, 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 2d day of June, 1917, overruling plaintiff’s demurrer to a separate defense contained in the answer made on the ground of insufficiency. The plaintiff was one of several counsel retained by defendant in a certain litigation.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action is to recover the balance alleged to be due for professional services rendered by plaintiff to the defendant upon a written agreement, which is fully set forth in the complaint as follows:
*527“New York, Dec. 5th, 1912.
“ George A. Strong, Esq.:
“ Dear Sir.— I write to confirm the arrangement made by Mr. Earle viz.: That you are to render in my case against Page, et al., such services as you consider necessary until its completion, and shall have a contingent interest in the result of $5,000.
“ Very truly yours,
“CLENDENIN ECKERT.”
The complaint then alleges that the plaintiff duly…
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- Rodgers v. . ClementNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Newton v. . LeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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