Fixman v. Brown
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from a judgment of the District Court in the City of New York for the Seventh Judicial District. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.— [Present, Van Hoesen and Bookstaver, JJ.]
Ordinarily this court will not reverse a judgment rendered in the court below on the testimony alone, if there is sufficient evidence to support it, even if on the whole evidence we would have arrived at a different conclusion. But in this case the compensation demanded is so disproportioned to the services rendered, and the contract insisted upon by the plaintiff so unusual, that we have deemed it our duty to carefully review the evidence.
From the undisputed facts it appears that the firm of Stone & Healing, being indebted to Loomis &…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Macniffe v. LuddingtonNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1883
3Cited by3 opinions
- Schumacher v. WaringNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
- Dreher v. ConnollyNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1890
- Shailer v. MorganNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1890