Degen v. Steinbrink

Page, J.:

The action was originally against the members of a firm of attorneys with offices in the borough of Brooklyn. One of the members of the firm has since died and his executrix has been substituted as a party defendant. For convenience we will in this opinion refer to the original parties as defendants. The action was brought by the assignee of a client of the firm, one Silas W. Stein, an uncle of the surviving member of the firm. The facts of the case briefly stated were as follows: Stein was a dealer in horses and for many years had sold horses to the Fuller Express Company. The…