Judgment affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs.
Defendant paid her attorneys a retainer of $3,500, with money she had borrowed, with the understanding that she would be repaid that sum out of any counsel fee in excess thereof awarded by the court. Special Term awarded a counsel fee of $4,500 and directed that defendant be reimbursed therefrom to the extent of the $3,500 thus paid by her as a retainer fee. The Appellate Division, First Department, has held...
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