Legal Opinion
Mayeri Corp. v. Shea & Gould
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1982PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward H. Lehner, J.
This proceeding raises the issue of whether a law firm may have an attorney’s lien on money deposited in an account of which it is coescrowee.
Petitioners seek to have their present counsel substituted in place and stead of the respondent as coescrowee of a certain fund, the approximate principal balance thereof being $30,000, now on deposit in a savings bank under the name of “Shea & Gould as escrow agent for landlord and tenants at 154-56 West 27th Street”. A member of the respondent law firm together with a member of the firm representing certain…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Matter of HeinsheimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Leviten v. SandbankNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- United States v. J.H.W. & Gitlitz Deli & Bar, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Entertainment & Amusements of Ohio, Inc. v. BarnesNew York Supreme Court · 1966
- Marsano v. State Bank of AlbanyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Precious International, Ltd. v. Burrwood Development Corp. (In re Precious International, Ltd.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991