Niles v. Louis H. Rapoport & Sons, Inc.

This litigation arises out of an action commenced by plaintiff to recover for legal services rendered to defendants by plaintiff’s assignor, Harold D. Geffen, an attorney at law. Originally, the complaint contained three causes of action, the first of which charged that within two years prior to the commencement of the action plaintiff’s assignor and the defendants “entered into an oral agreement, wherein, for legal services rendered by plaintiff’s assignor, defendants agreed to hold a certain promissory note made by one Abe Stern, as payor, to Louis H. Rapoport & Sons, Inc., designated…