Hill v. Curtis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Charles E. Hill, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of' the county of Kings on the 12th day of July, 1912, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
This action is brought for an accounting of the sums received by defendant Curtis by way of counsel fees and compensation in a series of suits brought against the city of New York in behalf of the “ Matrons ” of certain penal and reformatory institutions in said city. A written agreement was entered into on September 30,1908, the material parts of which are. as follows:
“Whereas the said Curtis now has in his office for prosecution certain claims by certain parties known as £ Matrons' in certain penal and reformatory institutions of the City of New York, which claims are for increased…
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