SCOTT v. HOME MUTUAL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 25965.

488 S.W.2d 922 (1972)

Thomas SCOTT, Respondent, v. HOME MUTUAL TELEPHONE CO. et al., Defendants, v. James C. GURNEY, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

December 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Anderson, Kansas City, for appellant.

Robert B. Paden, Maysville, for respondent.

Before SHANGLER, C. J., PRITCHARD and WASSERSTROM, JJ., and ROBERT G. RUSSELL, Special Judge.


PRITCHARD, Judge.

James C. Gurney, former court-appointed receiver of the Home Mutual Telephone Company, appeals from an order disallowing his payment (made without a prior court order) of $4,875.00 attorney fees to J. K. Owens, and ordering Gurney to return that amount to the successor receiver.

Gurney's sole point that "The court erred in refusing to allow attorney's fees for services rendered to the estate by receiver's attorney" is insufficient in itself...

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