Lewis v. Snook
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Helen J. Snook, from án order of the Supreme Court, made at the Onondaga Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 13th day of July, 1903, referring the issues herein to a referee to hear, try and determine the same upon the ground that the trial of said issues would involve the examination of a long account.
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Appeal by the defendant, Helen J. Snook, from án order of the Supreme Court, made at the Onondaga Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 13th day of July, 1903, referring the issues herein to a referee to hear, try and determine the same upon the ground that the trial of said issues would involve the examination of a long account. The action was commenced on the 20th day of December, 1902, to recover the value of services alleged to have been rendered for the defendant, and for moneys paid out for and on her behalf.
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, P. J.:
The plaintiffs are attorneys and counselors at law engaged as copartners in the practice of their profession in the city of Syracuse, H. Y. In the complaint and moving affidavits it is alleged that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $1,779,55, being the balance claimed to be due and owing to them on account of legal services' rendered to and money's paid out for the defendant in certain actions and legal proceedings conducted by them during a period of five years, commencing in the year 1897. It is stated, in substance, that such indebtedness was…
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