In re Gates
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Samuel H. Coombs, as assignee of Walter T. .Klo.t-s & . Brother’s Sons, from an order of the Supreme Court,- -made at the. . Kings County Special Term and entered in the office.of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 27th day of February, 1900, directing. him, as assignee of Walter T. Klots & Brother’s Sons, -to pay to Theodore B. Gates ninety dollars, the amount realized by said assignee upon the sale of certain judgments on which said Gates had an attorney’s…
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Appeal by Samuel H. Coombs, as assignee of Walter T. .Klo.t-s & . Brother’s Sons, from an order of the Supreme Court,- -made at the. . Kings County Special Term and entered in the office.of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 27th day of February, 1900, directing. him, as assignee of Walter T. Klots & Brother’s Sons, -to pay to Theodore B. Gates ninety dollars, the amount realized by said assignee upon the sale of certain judgments on which said Gates had an attorney’s lien for costs.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The respondent, an attorney, recovered certain judgments for clients who subsequently made a general assignment for the benefit of their creditors. The attorney moved that the assignee pay his claim for services in gaining such judgments, or that he, the attorney, be authorized to enforce the payment of the costs of the judgments in satisfaction of his lien in each case. The Special Term, on April 18, 1899, ordered that the attorney for the assignee “ having stipulated in open court to commence, within a reasonable time, proceedings supplementary to execution upon the various…
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