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LITTLEFIELD v. KEARNS

5 N.J. Super. 68 (1949)

68 A.2d 419

BENJAMIN LITTLEFIELD, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ANTHONY P. KEARNS AND MICHAEL J. BRUDER, TRADING AS KEARNS & BRUDER, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided September 23, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter A. Beers argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellant.

Mr. Anthony P. Kearns argued the cause for the defendants-respondents (Mr. Francis P. Meehan, attorney).

Before Judges JACOBS, DONGES and BIGELOW.

The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, S.J.A.D.

This cause involves a counsel fee controversy between a client and his attorneys; the plaintiff-client appeals from the action of the Chancery Division in dismissing his complaint and entering judgment for the defendants-attorneys.

In 1941, the plaintiff Benjamin Littlefield and the legal representatives of the estate of his brother Charles W. Littlefield deceased, engaged the defendants, as attorneys...

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