Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 15, 1899 (Barkley v. New York Centrall & Hudson River Railroad)

Follett, J.:

September 18, 1882, Orville M. Barkley, the plaintiff in action No. 1, was severely injured by the defendant in that action. April 27, 1885, the plaintiff executed and delivered to S. K. & B. C. Williams, a firm of attorneys engaged in business at Newark, N. Y., a contract, of which the following is a copy :

“In consideration of S. K. & B. C. Williams; of Newark, N. Y., undertaking.