Auerbach v. Curie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Charles Curie, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 7th day of November, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order bearing date the 14th day of November, 1907, and entered in said clerk’s office denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The plaintiff is a custom-house broker and the defendant is a lawyer. Some of plaintiff’s clients had a claim against the government for a return of duties, and an agreement *837was made whereby defendant undertook to obtain a refund in consideration of receiving a percentage of the amount recovered. The plaintiff alleges that he induced his clients to place their claims in defendant’s hands, and that in consideration thereof defendant agreed to pay him a proportion of his fee. This fee amounted to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Auerbach v. CurieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
3Cited by2 opinions
- Post v. . ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Rosenberg v. LawrenceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938