Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of The City of New York Relative to Acquiring Title, etc., for the Widening of Delancey Street on the Southerly Side from Clinton Street to the Bowery in the Tenth and Thirteenth Wards in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York. In the Matter of the Application of Edward H. Hawke, Jr., Respondent, to Enforce an Attorney's Lien. Adolph Schlesinger, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-05
Citations: 150 A.D. 917
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of The City of New York Relative to Acquiring Title, etc., for the Widening of Delancey Street on the Southerly Side from Clinton Street to the Bowery in the Tenth and Thirteenth Wards in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York. In the Matter of the Application of Edward H. Hawke, Jr., Respondent, to Enforce an Attorney’s Lien. Adolph Schlesinger, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 917–917

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of The City of New York Relative to Acquiring Title, etc., for the Widening of Delancey Street on the Southerly Side from Clinton Street to the Bowery in the Tenth and Thirteenth Wards in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York. In the Matter of the Application of Edward H. Hawke, Jr., Respondent, to Enforce an Attorney’s Lien. Adolph Schlesinger, Appellant.
Appeal from an order, entered on the 18th day of Hovember, 1911, confirming report of a referee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The order appealed from should be modified by reducing the amount fixed as that of the lien of the petitioner Hawke herein to the sum of $5,547.88, being five per cent upon the amount of the award to the owner herein, together with interest upon said sum from Hovember 5, 1909. As so modified the order should be affirmed, without costs. Present — Ingraham, P. J., McLaughlin, Clarke, Scott and Dowling, JJ. Order modified as stated in opinion, and as modified affirmed, without costs. Order to be settled on notice.