Ute Indians v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The court made the following supplemental finding of fact and modified conclusion of law: The following additional sums have been received by the United States from the sale of the lands ceded by the plaintiffs to the United States under the act of June 15, 1880: For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1009_$70, 628. 23 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910_ 136, 826. 98 Total-'_ 207,455. 21 The following sums have been expended of the…
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The court made the following supplemental finding of fact and modified conclusion of law: The following additional sums have been received by the United States from the sale of the lands ceded by the plaintiffs to the United States under the act of June 15, 1880: For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1009_$70, 628. 23 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910_ 136, 826. 98 Total-'_ 207,455. 21 The following sums have been expended of the annuity of $50,000 per annum under section 5 of the act of June 15, 1880 : For the period from July 1, 1908, to June 30,…
1Per curiam
This is a motion of the claimants’ attorneys to have the court fix the amount of fees to be allowed to them for services in this case. The jurisdictional act provides that such fees are to be allowed for services before committees of Congress in the matter of this claim as well as for services before the courts.
It appears that the principal services rendered in this matter were before committees in Congress. Such services can hardly be allowed for on the basis of the professional services of a lawyer, and this fact renders it somewhat difficult to determine the amount properly to be fixed.…
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