Moore v. Churchwell

This is a general creditors’ suit in which the assets of the debtor defendants were impounded, liquidated, and the proceeds thereof distributed under the orders of the court, with the result that the claims of all the creditors were paid in full, and a considerable surplus was left in the hands of the clerk and master belonging to the defendants. This is an appeal by the defendants from a decree adjudging that the reasonable compensation of complainants’ solicitors for filing the bill and impounding the assets, and an allowance of $1000 as extra compensation of the clerk and master, should be…