In re Friedman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Thomas J. O’Neill from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Sjiecial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 11th day of June, 1909, except that part of said order which grants him a stay.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
O’Neill, a lawyer, agreed in writing with Dora Friedman, the petitioner and respondent, to collect from the ¡Brooklyn Heights ¡Railroad Company damages to her and her two children on account of the death of her husband and their father. The contract stipulated that he should keep for his professional services one-half of' the sum collected. She was an ignorant, woman, and did not speak *751the English language but she knew what .the agreement was in the regard mentioned. She testified that he agreed to sue for $30,000,. and that it was represented to her that she would receive $15,000.…
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