AMERICAN BRAKE S. & F. CO. v. INTERBOROUGH RAPID TR. CO.


63 F.Supp. 849 (1945)

AMERICAN BRAKE SHOE & FOUNDRY CO. v. INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT CO. MANHATTAN RY. CO. et al. v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

May 31, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Franklin, of New York City for Manhattan Ry. Co. and pro se.

Ignatius M. Wilkinson, Corp. Counsel, of New York City, for the City of New York.

Hodges, Reavis, Pantaleoni & Downey, of New York City, for Charles Franklin and others.

John B. Doyle, of New York City, for Harold Palmer and others.

Duer, Taylor, Wright & Woods, of New York City, for Theodore S. Watson and others.

Davies, Auerbach, Cornell & Hardy, of New York City, for Chemical Bank & Trust Company.


HULBERT, District Judge.

The petitioners, Manhattan Railway Company and Charles Franklin, seek to impress a lien on alleged existing reserve funds created by the stockholders of Manhattan Railway Company, for legal services rendered to it and its stockholders by Franklin, in the amount of $310,000, or in the alternative, in an amount to be fixed and determined by this court, as the reasonable value thereof.

Petitioners also seek to impress a similar lien on...

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