Dennison v. Lawrence
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, James A. Dennison, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of April, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J. :
The action is brought to recover the amount due to the plaintiff under a contract, which is as follows : “ We hereby retain and employ James A. Dennison, Esq., Counsellor at Law, to take such proceedings as to him may seem best to test the validity of the will of James W. Lawrence, and in consideration of his services rendered and to be rendered therein we hereby pr.omise'and agree to pay to the said James A. Dennison the sum of three thousand dollars, being one thousand dollars for each of us of the moneys in any manner obtained and recovered, for so it being understood and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. RichterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Dennison v. LawrenceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900