Case Name: J. Arthur Seidman, Respondent, Appellant, v. Kerr Steamship Company, Inc., Appellant, Respondent. Ollie Nelson, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1926-06
Citations: 217 A.D. 780
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. Arthur Seidman, Respondent, Appellant, v. Kerr Steamship Company, Inc., Appellant, Respondent. Ollie Nelson, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 217
Pages: 780–780

Head Matter:
J. Arthur Seidman, Respondent, Appellant, v. Kerr Steamship Company, Inc., Appellant, Respondent. Ollie Nelson, Defendant.

Opinion:
Upon defendant's appeal, judgment reversed upon the law and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. We think that plaintiff cannot maintain this action to enforce an attorney's lien without bringing in his former client, the defendant Nelson, by service of summons personally or by publication. (Oishei v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 101 App. Div. 473; Oishei v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 117 id. 110; affd., 191 N. Y. 544; Oishei v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co., No. 1, 110 App. Div. 709.) Upon plaintiff's appeal, we think the learned trial justice had power to reduce plaintiff's claim, and the appeal is dismissed, without costs. Kelly, P. J., Manning, Young, Kapper. and Lazansky, JJ., concur.