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Matter of Desmond v. Socha

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 5, 1972
31 N.Y.2d 687 (N.Y. 1972)

Summary

holding that even though an attorney had enhanced the value of a realty by obtaining removal of an onerous zoning restriction, that enhancement was not the subject of a charging lien since there was nothing recovered or created by the attorney's effort to which the lien could attach

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Opinion

Argued September 27, 1972

Decided October 5, 1972

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, HAROLD R. SODEN, J.

Stephen M. Kiernan for appellant.

Daniel D. Mead for respondent.


Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Summaries of

Matter of Desmond v. Socha

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Oct 5, 1972
31 N.Y.2d 687 (N.Y. 1972)

holding that even though an attorney had enhanced the value of a realty by obtaining removal of an onerous zoning restriction, that enhancement was not the subject of a charging lien since there was nothing recovered or created by the attorney's effort to which the lien could attach

Summary of this case from Drezin v. Delisser
Case details for

Matter of Desmond v. Socha

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JOHN L. DESMOND, Appellant, v. WALTER J. SOCHA, Respondent

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Oct 5, 1972

Citations

31 N.Y.2d 687 (N.Y. 1972)
337 N.Y.S.2d 261
289 N.E.2d 181

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