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p. 796George W. Kremer, Respondent, v. New York Air Terminals, Inc., Appellant. (Appeal No. 1.)
Order granting plaintiff an extra allowance of $1,500 modified by reducing it to $12.50, and as so modified affirmed, without costs. (1) Orders of this character have been treated as appealable. (People v. N. Y. C. R. R. Co., 29 N. Y. 418 , 421; Diamond Expansion Bolt Co. v. U. S. Expansion B. Co., 177 App. Div. 554 , 565; Commercial National Banke v. Hand, 27 id. 145; Civ. Prac. Act, § 609, subds. 3, 4.) (2) The five per cent allowance should have been computed on the amount recovered, which amount was $250, and, therefore, the allowance should have been $12.50. (Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co. v. Central New England R. Co., 202 App. Div. 813 ; affd., 235 N. Y. 582 ; Civ. Prac. Act,
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§ 1513.) Recourse to value of subject-matter for the purpose of computing an extra allowance may only be had where the party does not seek or recover damages. (Little Falls Fibre Co. v. Ford & Son, Inc., 223 App. Div. 559 ; affd., 249 N. Y. 495 .) Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Scudder and Davis, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- People v. New York Central Railroad 29 N. Y. 418 at 421 p. 796
- Provancha v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America 235 N. Y. 582 p. 796
- Little Falls Fibre Co. v. Henry Ford & Son, Inc. 249 N. Y. 495 p. 797