Glidden v. Cowen

Citations

• 123 F. 48
• 59 C.C.A. 172
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 3967

Syllabus

<p>1. Attorneys—Allowance of Fees from Fund in Court.</p> <p>Counsel associated in a litigation through separate employments, and having no partnership relation to each other, cannot properly he treated as partners in awarding them compensation from the fund recovered, and be placed on an equality,' regardless of the amount and value of the services rendered by each.</p> <p>2. Same—Appeal from Order—Matters Eeviewable.</p> <p>On an appeal by one of a number of attorneys from an order of a Circuit Court awarding them compensation for services rendered in a suit from a fund in court, the Circuit Court of Appeals is not confined to the question of the proper distribution between them of the entire sum allowed for the services, but the whole question of the value of the appellant’s services is open, and the court may make a redivision of the total amount so allowed, or may increase the allowance to the appellant without disturbing the other allowances.</p>