Town of Hempstead v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Town of Hempstead, from orders of. the Supreme-Court, made at Special Term and' entered respectively in the, offices of the clerks- of the counties of Queens and Nassau -.ou the. 14th day of November, 1902, fixing the compensation of George Wallace as attorney for the plaintiff in the above-entitled actions.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J. :
1These are proceedings to fix the compensation to be paid to the plaintiff’s attorney upon the entry of an order substituting another attorney in his stead. The respondent, Mr. George Wallace, was employed by the supervisor of the town of Hempstead to take the necessary steps to enforce the provisions of chapter 469 of the Laws of 1898 in behalf of the town in regard to the deepening of five creeks, namely, Seaford creek, Bellmore creek, Freeport creek, Millburn creek and East Roekaway creek. . Under this employment he instituted the action in reference to Freeport…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Town of Hempstead v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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