Lynde v. Lynde
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from an order advised by Vice-Chancellor Reed, who delivered the following conelnsions: The right of this court to take control of this matter is challenged by the respondent upon the ground that the money in his hands was not raised in any proceeding in this court, but by actions in the courts of the State of Hew York.
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On appeal from an order advised by Vice-Chancellor Reed, who delivered the following conelnsions: The right of this court to take control of this matter is challenged by the respondent upon the ground that the money in his hands was not raised in any proceeding in this court, but by actions in the courts of the State of Hew York. It is to be observed that the moneys came to the respondent by the terms of a settlement, and that this settlement included not merely a release by the petitioner of all her rights in the judgments obtained in Hew York, but of all rights, past and future, under the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pitney, J.
This is an appeal by Mrs. Lynde from an order made by- the court of chancery dismissing a petition filed by her, in that court, wherein she prayed that the respondent, James. Westervelt, who was her solicitor in the main cause, should be required to pay into court the sum of $38,ñ00, which he had received from the defendant in the cause in settlement of a controversy about alimony, so that out of the said sum a reasonable fee might be fixed and allowed to the solicitor for his services rendered to her, and the balance of the moneys might be…
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