Case Name: LISSBERGER et al. v. SCHOENBERG METAL CO.
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1885-06
Citations: 2 N.Y. City Ct. Rep. 158
Docket Number: 
Parties: LISSBERGER et al. v. SCHOENBERG METAL CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: City Court Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 158–158

Head Matter:
City Court.
Special Term
June, 1885.
LISSBERGER et al. v. SCHOENBERG METAL CO.
The court may grant an allowance not only on the amount of the plaintiff’s claim, but of any counter-claim extinguished by the verdict.

Opinion:
McAdam, Ch. J.
The cases reported in 62 How. Pr. 180, and 66 How. Pr. 342, sustain the claim of the plaintiffs that they are entitled to the allowance not only on the plaintiff's recovery, but on the counter-claim which was extinguished. Those ca^es certainly place a very liberal construction on the rule in regard to allowances to counsel, but as I must accept them as a correct interpretation of the law, it follows that- the plaintiffs are entitled to have their allowance taxed in conformity to these decisions. The clerk will be ordered to retax accordingly.