Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1914

Farago v. New York Railways Co.

Farago v. New York Railways Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 15, 1914
163 A.D. 878
Farago v. New York Railways Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

We are satisfied that the learned Special Term was right in finding that the attorney had been duly retained. We see no reason why an end should not be put to this controversy. The agreement was that the attorney should receive thirty-three and one-third per cent upon a settlement and fifty per cent upon a judgment. The case was settled for $870. The order appealed from should, therefore, be modified by providing that the defendant’s motion to discontinue be granted upon the payment to plaintiff’s attorney, Sigmund S. Rotter, of $290, one-third of the amount of settlement, $10 costs of the motion below, $10 costs on this appeal and the respondent’s disbursements, and as so modified affirmed. Present—-Ingraham, P. J., Clarke, Scott, Dowling and Hotchkiss, JJ. Order modified as directed in opinion and as-modified affirmed. Order to be settled on notice.

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