Duhrkop v. White
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Louis Hanneman, as referee, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York' Special Term, bearing date the 31st day of January, 1896, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York directing him to return to and pay over to the plaintiff’s attorney the sum of $300, being the amount theretofore alleged to have been paid to him by the plaintiff’s attorney in excess of the fees to which it was alleged that he was entitled as' referee in the…
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Appeal by Louis Hanneman, as referee, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York' Special Term, bearing date the 31st day of January, 1896, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York directing him to return to and pay over to the plaintiff’s attorney the sum of $300, being the amount theretofore alleged to have been paid to him by the plaintiff’s attorney in excess of the fees to which it was alleged that he was entitled as' referee in the action.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The appellant here was referee in the action above entitled. When his report was ready for delivery he advised the plaintiff of the fact, and the plaintiff’s attorney on applying for the report was informed that the referee’s fees were $500, which he paid, considering it. to be a reasonable and proper charge. The bill of costs, as served with notice of taxation, contained as a disbursement this item of $500. It was objected to by the defendant’s attorney, and was reduced upon the taxation to $200. -At the request of the referee a motion was made for a rehearing upon the taxation,…
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