In the Matter of James J. Laughlin and Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Attorneys for Guardian of the Estate of Thomas Charles Ball, Infant

Appellants are attorneys who represented the natural guardian of an infant in a negligence suit in the District Court for injuries to the infant in an automobile accident. Appellants had a one-third contingent fee agreement with *378the guardian.1 A verdict of $17,500 was rendered for the injuries. On appeal we affirmed the ensuing judgment for that amount.2 Subsequently the District Court denied appellants’ petition for an order authorizing the guardian to disburse $2,000 additional to appellants for services rendered in defending the judgment in this court and in the Supreme Court, where…