Morehouse v. Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co

In Morehouse v. Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co., 185 N.Y. 520 (1906), the Court of Appeals opined "an agreement to pay an attorney one-half of the recovery, where the action was to recover a penalty of $ 50, would not by any person be considered improper; but, if it was for $ 500,00, it might be considered improper."