Atkinson & Co. v. Aldrich-Clisbee Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Equity. Bill by Atkinson & Co., Incorporated, against the Al-drich-Clisbee Company, on which receivers were appointed. On petition by the receivers for a decree fixing their fees and for partial distribution, in which tlie attorney for the respondent corporation claimed compensation for services and expenses rendered and incurred during receivership. Distribution directed in accordance with memorandum filed.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
As to the rent:
[ 1 ] This was never fixed by order of court, nor by any formal and approved action of the receivers. The amount now charged against them by the landlord, $30 per day, was originally put to the Aldrich-Clisbee Company as a means of forcing it to vacate. It is plainly more than a fair rental value of the premises. It does not appear that there has been any marked increase in such value since the termination of the lease in September, 1913. At that time the landlord charged $20 per day. This seems to me the best basis for fixing the amount of rent. I see no…
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