Martin v. Camp
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Hugh N. Camp, Jr., as executor, etc., from part of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 2d day of October, 1913, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Westchester Special Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
Frederic E. Camp, who was the executor of the estate of Hugh N. Camp, made a written contract with McCarty & Baldwin, lawyers, whereby they were employed to secure *611awards for certain lands and to reduce assessments thereon, with the promised compensation of ten per centum of awards and one-quarter of the amount of reduction in assessments, with a further provision that they should be paid nothing “ in case no award shall be obtained or assessment reduced.” The lawyers conveyed their interest in the contract to the plaintiff, and the defendant is the executor of the will of Frederic…
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