Hunter v. Federal Life Ins. Co.

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• noting that interpleader actions “do[ ] not usually involve any great amount of skill, labor or responsibility”
• observing that “a completely disinterested [interpleader] stakeholder should not ordinarily be out of pocket for the necessary expenses and attorney’s fees incurred by him, [but] the amount allowed for such fees should be modest”
• “Since the court had jurisdiction of the [interpleader] suit, there can be no question of its power to make reasonable allowances for attorneys’ fees.”
• “Since the court had jurisdiction of the [interpleader] suit, there can be no question of its power to make reasonable allowances for attorneys’ fees.”
• “Since the court had jurisdiction of the [interpleader] suit, there can be no question of its power to make reasonable allowances for attorneys’ fees”

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