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UNITED STATES v. PRESTON

No. 14555.

232 F.2d 77 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America and Lee Arenas, Appellants, v. John W. PRESTON, Oliver O. Clark, and David D. Sallee, Appellees. Lee ARENAS, Appellant, v. John W. PRESTON, Oliver O. Clark, and David D. Sallee, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., John F. Cotter, Edmund B. Clark, Roger P. Marquis and John C. Harrington, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant United States.

Irl Davis Brett, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant Lee Arenas.

John W. Preston, Los Angeles, Cal., Oliver O. Clark, La Canada, Cal., David D. Sallee, Santa Monica, Cal., for appellees.

Before STEPHENS and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

The United States in its appeal accurately states the two ultimate issues in the following language:

"1. Whether interest on attorneys' fees may be imposed against a fund in court which represents restricted Indian land. "2. Whether an attorney's lien on the proceeds of land recovered through his efforts in one suit includes expenses incurred in another suit."

In addition to the issues mentioned, there is a question...

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