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MORGAN v. ONASSIS

5 N.Y.2d 732 (1958)

Hugh Morgan, Jr., et al., Copartners Doing Business under the Name of Duer, Strong & Whitehead, Respondents, v. Aristotle S. Onassis, Appellant, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 25, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Nestor for appellant.

Emerson F. Davis and Charles R. Van de Walle for respondents.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur.

Per Curiam.

The recovery in this action is not based on any contract between plaintiffs and defendant-appellant, Onassis, nor any situation analogous to that presented in Flamm v. Noble (296 N.Y. 262). Plaintiffs' cause of action is based on a lien for professional services rendered not to Onassis but to their own client, which has been held to cover settlement funds in the hands of Onassis. Plaintiffs' client...

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