People ex rel. First Garden Bay Manor v. Chambers

• Decision Date: 31 October 1955
• Docket Number: No. 6756,No. 6339,No. 6754,No. 6755,6754,6755,6756,6339
• Citation: 145 N.Y.S.2d 329,286 A.D. 1042
• Parties: PEOPLE ex rel. FIRST GARDEN BAY MANOR, Inc., Relator-Respondent, v. Harry B. CHAMBERS et al., constituting The Tax Commission of the City of New York, Respondents; Bertrand Bowitz and Aaron H. Shaffer, Appellants. (Block 1007, Lot 7, etc.--Tax Year 1947-8--Index/1947, and Five Additional Proceedings, similarly titled, for Tax Years 1948/49 to 1952/53.) PEOPLE ex rel. SECOND GARDEN BAY MANOR, Inc., Relator-Respondent, v. Harry B. CHAMBERS, et al., constituting The Tax Commission of the City of New York, Respondent; Bertrand Bowitz and Aaron H. Shaffer, Appellants. (Block 972, Lot 13, etc.--Tax Year 1947/48--Index/1947 and Five Additional Proceedings, similarly titled, for Tax Years 1948/49 to 1952/53.) PEOPLE ex rel. THIRD GARDEN BAY MANOR, Inc., Relator-Respondent, v. Harry B. CHAMBERS et al., constituting The Tax Commission of the City of New York, Respondents; Bertrand Bowitz and Aaron H. Shaffer, Appellants. (Block 946, Lot 24, etc.--Tax Year 1947/48--Index/1947 and Five Additional Proceedings, similarly titled, for Tax Years 1948/49 to 1952/53.) Application of MANOR PROPERTIES, Inc., Petitioner-Respondent, v. William E. BOYLAND et al., constituting The Tax Commission of the City of New York, Respondents; Bertrand Bowitz and Aaron H. Shaffer, Appellants. (Block 972, Lot 1--Tax Year 1952/53--Index/1952.)
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

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145 N.Y.S.2d 329

286 A.D. 1042

PEOPLE ex rel. FIRST GARDEN BAY MANOR, Inc., Relator-Respondent, v. Harry B. CHAMBERS et al., constituting The Tax Commission of

the City of New York, Respondents; Bertrand Bowitz and Aaron

H. Shaffer, Appellants. (Block 1007, Lot 7, etc.--Tax Year

1947-8--Index No. 6754/1947, and Five Additional

Proceedings, similarly titled, for Tax Years 1948/49 to 1952/53.)

PEOPLE ex rel. SECOND GARDEN BAY MANOR, Inc., Relator-Respondent, v. Harry B. CHAMBERS, et al., constituting The Tax Commission

of the City of New York, Respondent; Bertrand Bowitz and

Aaron H. Shaffer, Appellants. (Block 972, Lot 13, etc.--Tax

Year 1947/48--Index No. 6755/1947 and Five Additional

Proceedings, similarly titled, for Tax Years 1948/49 to 1952/53.)

PEOPLE ex rel. THIRD GARDEN BAY MANOR, Inc., Relator-Respondent, v. Harry B. CHAMBERS et al., constituting The Tax Commission of

the City of New York, Respondents; Bertrand Bowitz and Aaron

H. Shaffer, Appellants. (Block 946, Lot 24, etc.--Tax Year

1947/48--Index No. 6756/1947 and Five Additional

Proceedings, similarly titled, for Tax Years 1948/49 to 1952/53.)

Application of MANOR PROPERTIES, Inc., Petitioner-Respondent, v. William E. BOYLAND et al., constituting The Tax Commission

of the City of New York, Respondents; Bertrand Bowitz and

Aaron H. Shaffer, Appellants. (Block 972, Lot 1--Tax Year

1952/53--Index No. 6339/1952.)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.

Oct. 31, 1955.

Aaron H. Shaffer, Bowitz & Shaffer, New York City, for appellants.

Sidney C. Norris, New York City, for respondents. Clarence S. Barasch, New York City, of counsel.

Before NOLAN, P. J., and WENZEL, SCHMIDT, BELDOCK and MURPHY, JJ.

MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT.

Orders granting motions for a substitution of attorneys, and fixing the compensation of appellants, the outgoing attorneys, for services rendered, reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and the matter remitted to the Special Term for such further proceedings as may be proper and not inconsistent herewith.

Appellants were retained by the owners of real property, on a contingent basis, to attempt to secure reductions in the assessed valuation for real estate taxes of said real property. After various services had been performed by appellants, including the commencement of nineteen proceedings in the Supreme Court, appellants were advised by their clients that another attorney had been engaged, and motions for a substitution of attorneys were...