In re Goldin

This application for a summary order was instituted by the clients, the appellants. The question before the court Was the amount of the fees due the attorneys for which they asserted a hen upon the proceeds of the settlement in their possession. Jurisdiction to determine this question upon such a proceeding is expressly vested in the court. (Judiciary Law, § 475.) We agree with the conclusions of the learned justice at Special Term that there was no agreement by the attorneys tó render the services for the comparatively trivial sum asserted by the appellants. The litigation and collateral…