Harry v. Hilton
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from the judgment of a district court in the City of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, J.
The question involved in this appeal is, whether a client is responsible for stenographer’s fees in a case where such stenographer is employed by attorneys to take the minutes of the proceedings before an auditor, to whom the Surrogate has referred an executor’s account. The counsel for the respondent relies upon the decisions of the courts which held that when an attorney orders notes of a case from a stenographer the client is presumably liable and not the attorney, because the relation of principal and agent exists.
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