Pilkington v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, 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 5th day of January, 1900, adjusting the lien of the plaintiff’s attorneys in the action, and directing payment by the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The papers on this appeal disclose the following facts: On the 6th day of November, 1899, the action was commenced-by the service of a summons and complaint, to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to be due to defendant’s negligence. On the same day the plaintiff made a written agreement with his attorneys by which he agreed that they should receive for their services one-third of any sum for which the case might be adjusted, and that neither *23party should settle the case without the consent of the other. Accompanying the summons and complaint was a notice to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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