U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1908

Smith v. Pratt Consolidated Coal Co.

Smith v. Pratt Consolidated Coal Co.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided November 10, 1908 · Burns, Pardee, Shelby
164 F. 1023; 90 C.C.A. 668; 1908 U.S. App. LEXIS 4714

Smith v. Pratt Consolidated Coal Co.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The question involved in this case is whether sufficient compensation has been allowed lawyers who successfully conducted a litigation which brought into the hands of the trustee in bankruptcy a large sum of money for distribution among creditors. Tbe referee heard evidence and allowed 86,000. On review the District Judge, on the same and more evidence, reduced the allowance to $3,600. Under the evidence in the transcript, we are not prepared to say that either allowance was so far erroneous as to warrant a reversal. The decree of the District Court is affirmed.

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