Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1940

Becker v. Berry Brothers Jamaica Corp.

Becker v. Berry Brothers Jamaica Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided February 19, 1940
258 A.D. 1071; 19 N.Y.S.2d 152; 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8942
Becker v. Berry Brothers Jamaica Corp.

Opinion of the Court

Order substituting attorney and fixing lien of outgoing attorney for services, modified by striking from the second ordering paragraph the words: “33 1/3% of any and all sums received or recovered by way of compromise, settlement, judgment or otherwise therein;” and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: “ 66 2/3% of the total sum allowed or fixed, pursuant to agreement or otherwise, as attorneys' fees;”. As so modified, the order is affirmed, without costs. No opinion. Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur.

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