BUSH v. ARROWOOD

No. 43340.

198 N.W.2d 263 (1972)

Edyth BUSH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Herschel S. ARROWOOD, et al., Defendants, The Bush Foundation, additional defendant, Appellant, Robert J. Christianson, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Briggs & Morgan and Frank Hammond, Terence N. Doyle and Douglas R. Haddock, St. Paul, for appellant.

Faegre & Benson, Robert J. Christianson, Wright W. Brooks, and John Harris, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard and considered en banc.


TODD, Justice.

The Bush Foundation appeals from a judgment of the district court requiring the foundation to pay attorneys' fees to Robert J. Christianson, Wright W. Brooks, and John E. Harris, respondents pro se, who were hired by the attorney general to represent him in litigation affecting the foundation. We reverse.

This matter comes before this court as part of a long, protracted dispute arising in 1966 following the death of Archibald G. Bush, one of...

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