Legal Opinion
Mercantini v. Innamorati
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 28, 1960PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJames J. Conroy, J.
On September 8, 1960, an order was made upon the motion of the executor of the estate of the plaintiff to substitute attorneys for the plaintiff. Said order-fixed the reasonable fee of the outgoing attorney in the sum of $2,000, and that his retaining lien on the papers and exhibits in his possession should be discharged upon the payment of that sum to him.
The new attorney for the plaintiff has now served upon the former attorney a subpoena duces tecum directing him to produce at the trial of the action the documents in his possession upon which he has the foregoing retaining lien. The former…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Leviten v. SandbankNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Goldman v. Rafel Estates, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- Sorin v. Shahmoon Industries, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1959
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