Legal Opinion
Spinello v. Spinello
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1972PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBertram Harnett, J.
An attorney who wins a lawsuit for his client has a lien on the money recovered to insure just compensation for the services he rendered. Suppose the client, at the tilne, owes his ex-wife money on a judgment lien arising from a previous divorce decree. Who gets the money first, the wife or the lawyer? Stated more elegantly, whose lien has priority?
I. THE CLASH OF CLAIMS FOR SUPPORT AND ATTORNEY’S FEE
Respondent, Guy V. Spinello, is a medical doctor who was owed money by his partner of six years, Alwyn Rand, M. D., when their joint practice terminated in August, 1970. That money, assessed in…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Romaine v. . ChaunceyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Turner v. . WoolworthNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Schenck v. . BarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Ward v. . CraigNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Matter of Cooper (Mccauley)New York Court of Appeals · 1943
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3Cited by17 opinions
- In Matter of Petition of Rosenman & Colin, Appellee-Cross-Appellant, for an Adjudication of Its Rights in the Matter of Sherrier v. Richard. Rosenman & Colin, Cross-Appellant, Julian Sherrier v. Bernice Richard, Defendant-Respondent-Appellant, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Petition of Rosenman Colin Freund Lewis & CohenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Skelton v. SpencerIdaho Supreme Court · 1981
- United States v. J.H.W. & Gitlitz Deli & Bar, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Rosenman & Colin v. RichardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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