Morgan v. Onassis

The recovery in this action is not based on any contract between plaintiffs and defendant-appellant, Onassis, nor any situation analogous to that presented in Flamm. v. Noble (296 JST. Y. 262). Plaintiffs’ cause of action is based on a lien for professional services rendered not to Onassis but to their own client, which has been held to cover settlement funds in the hands of Onassis. Plaintiffs’ client, H. P. Drewry, S. A. R. L., was brought into the action as a necessary party (Oishei v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 101 App. Div. 473), which is primarily liable for the recovery insofar as Onassis…