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· 6/1/1931

United States v. Equitable Trust Co. of NY

Citations

  • 283 U.S. 738
  • 51 S. Ct. 639
  • 75 L. Ed. 1379
  • 1931 U.S. LEXIS 857

How courts have described this case

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  • an allowance made to an attorney for the next friend of an incompetent
  • an allowance made to an attorney for the next friend of an incompetent
  • “It is a general rule in courts of equity that a trust fund which has been recovered or preserved [by an advocate may be] charged with the costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred in that behalf.”
  • trust estate of an incompetent

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Judges: Van Devanter, Stone

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