People v. Bank of Staten Island
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by John S. Davenport, as receiver, etc., from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Rensselaer Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 9th day of September, 1908, as fixes the compensation of Hon. John C. Davies, as referee, in the proceeding relating to the fixing of the charges and fees of Harry S. Patten, as attorney for' the receiver, Joseph B. Mayer, and directs payment of such com-, pensation by the…
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Appeal by John S. Davenport, as receiver, etc., from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Rensselaer Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 9th day of September, 1908, as fixes the compensation of Hon. John C. Davies, as referee, in the proceeding relating to the fixing of the charges and fees of Harry S. Patten, as attorney for' the receiver, Joseph B. Mayer, and directs payment of such com-, pensation by the appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
A receiver having been appointed for the Bank of Staten Island, an insolvent corporation, and a controversy having arisen as to the amount of compensation to be paid to the attorney for such receiver, the court appointed the respondent a referee to take testimony relevant to the question of such compensation and to report to the court with his opinion thereon. ' The referee performed such duty, and as required by the order of his appointment made his report to the court, together with his opinion.
At the first hearing before the referee the following stipulation was entered in the…
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