Gilberton Contracting Co. v. Hook

OPINION

KRAFT, District Judge.

All of the background and facts involved in this case have been exhaustively set forth in our prior reported opinions.1 For purposes of present adjudication, we will briefly set forth the relevant facts.

*1368This is a petition for allowance of counsel fees submitted by counsel for Park Trent, one of the defendants herein. Petitioners seek to impress their claim upon a fund derived from the public sale of a pile of silt and culm. The sale was effectuated after protracted litigation wherein the United States sought to collect unpaid taxes from Rhoads and Park Trent.

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