Orders reversed, without costs, and applications remitted to Special Term for further proceedings not inconsistent herewith.
It was erroneous to impose, as a condition precedent to substitution of attorneys, the requirement that the fee of the replaced attorney be paid. (Bernstein v. Suchoff, 242 App. Div. 784; Fitzsimmons v. Long Is. Lighting Co., 251 App. Div. 395.) It would be proper to impose reasonable conditions for the protection of the retaining...
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