MITCHELL v. WHITMAN

No. 10799.

94 F.2d 917 (1938)

MITCHELL v. WHITMAN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

February 15, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry S. Mitchell, of Minneapolis, Minn. (James L. Hetland, of Minneapolis, Minn., on the brief), for appellant.

James E. Dorsey, of Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee E. A. Whitman, receiver, etc.

Warren S. Ege, of St. Paul, Minn. (M'Cready Sykes, of New York City, George W. Morgan, of St. Paul, Minn., Stewart & Shearer, of New York City, and Kellogg, Morgan, Chase, Carter & Headley, of St. Paul, Minn., on the brief), for trustees of First General Mortgage and Trustees of Superior and Duluth Division and Terminal First Mortgage.

John L. Erdall, of Minneapolis, Minn., for intervener Minneapolis, St. P. & S. St. M. Ry. Co.

Before STONE and WOODROUGH, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, District Judge.


STONE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying an allowance of attorney fees for services claimed to have been rendered by appellant to the receivership estate.

Appellant is an attorney of ability and standing who has, for some years, been the general counsel of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company (popularly called the "Soo") upon an annual salary. The Soo has long been the...

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