HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO. v. PROFESSIONAL MEN'S INVEST. INC.

No. 14785.

337 F.2d 1011 (1964)

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant v. PROFESSIONAL MEN'S INVESTMENT, INC., (Defendant) and H. Hershey Cohen, etc., et al., (Intervenors) John R. McKeever, Receiver of Professional Men's Investment, Inc., (Intervenor).

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Lewis Jones, Pittsburgh, Pa. (White, Jones & Gregg, William T. Creehan, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Harry R. Levy, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before HASTIE and FORMAN, Circuit Judges, and KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The question here, as stated in the brief of the appellant, is whether there was "an abuse of discretion by the Trial Court in the allowance of $1,000.00 as counsel fees to the interpleading stakeholder wherein [sic] it had been determined that the reasonable value for the services performed was $6,000". The attorney concerned is counsel for an interpleading insurance company and the interpleaded fund represents the proceeds of a fire insurance policy...

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