Davis v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

An appeal from an order and decree of the lower court refusing to allow interest to the appellants upon certain fees granted to them for services rendered by them as auditor and accountant in the case. .

It appears that in March, 1923, a suit was brought by the United States in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against John L. Philips and others charging them with frauds against the United States in respect to certain contracts relating to the sale of lumber. One of the defendants in the ease was the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland, which was sued as…