Lewis v. Snook
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Special Term, Onondaga County. Action by Veylon H. Lewis and another against Helen J. Snook. From an order directing a compulsory reference, defendant appeals. Affirmed. The action was commenced on the 20th day of December, 1902, to recover the value of services alleged to have been rendered for the defendant, and for moneys paid out for and on her behalf.
1Opinion of the CourtMcLENNAN, P. J.
The plaintiffs are attorneys and counselors at law, engaged as copartners in the practice of their profession in the city of Syracuse, N. Y. In the complaint and moving affidavits it is alleged that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of $1,779.55, being the balance claimed to be due and owing to them on account of legal services rendered to and moneys paid out for the defendant in certain actions and legal proceedings conducted by them during a period of five years commencing in the year 1897. It is stated, in substance, that such indebtedness was incurred: First. In and…
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