In re Darch

Charles B. Wheeler,

Official Referee. The first of the above-entitled proceedings is to declare and enforce an alleged attorney’s lien on certain funds now held by William J. Darch and by William H. Coon, the proceeds of certain royalties paid them for mining gypsum underlying lands of the Tonawanda Nation of Indians under circumstances stated later in this opinion.

The second proceeding is to compel the payment to the petitioner Harrison of said moneys so held by Darch and Coon. Motions were made at the Special Term of this court for the relief demanded in the respective petitions. As the…