Case Name: Julia Kraus, Plaintiff, v. Century Gas and Electric Fixture Company, Defendant. Frederick R. Rich, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Century Gas and Electric Fixture Company, Bankrupt, Appellant; Henry Hoelljes, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1914-02
Citations: 161 A.D. 916
Docket Number: 
Parties: Julia Kraus, Plaintiff, v. Century Gas and Electric Fixture Company, Defendant. Frederick R. Rich, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Century Gas and Electric Fixture Company, Bankrupt, Appellant; Henry Hoelljes, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 161
Pages: 916–917

Head Matter:
Julia Kraus, Plaintiff, v. Century Gas and Electric Fixture Company, Defendant. Frederick R. Rich, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Century Gas and Electric Fixture Company, Bankrupt, Appellant; Henry Hoelljes, Respondent.
Appeal from an order of substitution, entered in the Hew York county clerk’s office on the 22d day of December, 1913.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The attorney for the defendant is entitled to a lien upon the counterclaim for his fees already earned in the action and for his disbursements made therein. He is not entitled to instant payment, as he might be if the case were one in which a party of his own volition desired to change his attorney. Here the change followed upon the bankruptcy of the defendant. The order must be so amended as to secure to the attorney a lien upon the counterclaim and its proceeds, if any, and payment out of these proceeds when realized. As to the sum for past services, not in this action, the attorney stands in the position of any other creditor, except that he is entitled to a charging lien upon the papers in his hands. The order appealed from will be modified accordingly, and as so modified affirmed, without costs. Present—Ingraham, P. J., McLaughlin, Laughlin, Clarke and Scott, JJ. Order modified as directed in opinion, and as so modified affirmed, without costs. Order to be settled on notice.