Aetna Insurance v. O'Malley

These appeals involve the validity of allowances of fees to Messrs. L. IT. Cook, H. P. Lauf and Gilbert Lamb, made by the Circuit Court of Cole County out of a certain insurance fund in the registry of said court. The allowances to Cook and Lauf were for services as commissioners and custodians of said fund. The allowance to Mr. Lamb was for services as attorney for said commissioners and custodians.

The pertinent facts are, in substance, as follows:

On October 9, 1922, the Superintendent of Insurance ordered a ten per cent reduction in insurance rates, effective November 15, 1922. On November…