In re Ernst
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, Alois L. Ernst, 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 14th day of May, 1900, denying his application to compel Gilbert R. Hawes, an attorney and counselor at law, to pay over to the petitioner certain moneys collected by him.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
From the moving papers it appears that in January, 1895, Charles ■ Casper & Co., a domestic corporation, executed and *364delivered to-the petitioner, Alois L. Ernst, its promissory note for $1,500, and as collateral security for the payment of the same it assigned to him certain fire insurance' policies. Thereafter, the property covered by the policies was destroyed by fire, and certain insurance companies and underwriters having failed and neglected to pay their proportionate amount of the loss, the respondent Hawes, as attorney for this petitioner, and also as the attorney- for…
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