Harland v. . Lilienthal
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon the report of a referee. This action was brought to recover for services alleged to have been rendered by plaintiffs, as attorneys and counselors-at-law, for defendant, and upon his employment. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon the report of a referee. This action was brought to recover for services alleged to have been rendered by plaintiffs, as attorneys and counselors-at-law, for defendant, and upon his employment. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. Defendant had a right to cross-examine plaintiffs as to their incomes in order to learn if they were qualified to testify as experts as to the value of their services. (Mendum v. Commonwealth, 6 Rand.…
1Opinion of the CourtFolger, J.
The plaintiffs, educated in the legal profession and being partners in the practice thereof, were employed by the defendant, to conduct and defend for him, a matter pending in the District Court of the United States for the northern district of Hew York. They were duly admitted to practice in several courts as attorneys and counselors therein. One of them was thus admitted in the District Court. The other was legally entitled to be thus admitted, and did in fact practice therein as such without question. They rendered for the defendant valuable services. In their action to recover therefor,…
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