Legal Opinion

Case v. Hotchkiss

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 15, 1867PublishedCited by 1 opinion

This is an action to recover for the services of the plaintiff’s assignors, as attorneys and counsellors at law.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

Only two exceptions appear in the case to have been taken upon the trial, and these raise the only questions which we can consider.

The first was to the decision of the court sustaining the plaintiff’s objection to the following question put by. the defendant’s counsel to the plaintiff’s witness on cross examination : u Was there anything to argue?” The question referred to the argument of an appeal at the general term, in an action which the'plaintiff’s assignors defended for this defendant. The witness (who was one of the said assignors) *284had already testified that the appeal was taken under…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Walden v. SherburneNew York Supreme Court · 1818
  2. R. Patterson v. W. ChoateNew York Supreme Court · 1831
  3. Towsley v. DenisonNew York Supreme Court · 1866

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dickerson v. ScheuerThe Superior Court of New York City · 1888

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