J. C. Turner Lumber Co. v. Toomer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia; Beverly D. Evans, Judge. Suit by Frank N. Snell and another against J. C. Turner Lumber Company and another, in which a receiver was appointed. 271 Fed. 696. From an allowance of attorney’s fee to W. M. Toomer, the J. C. Turner Lumber Company and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
This appeal assails a decree of the District Court awarding a fee of $750 to the appellee for professional services as an attorney for the receiver in the case of Frank N. Snell and Jay E. Rice v. J. C. Turner Lumber Company and Frank Snell Lumber Company, 271 Fed. 696. The appellants are said Lumber Company and the Council Lumber Company, the purchaser at the judicial sale of the assets of said Frank Snell Lumber Company. The original suit was filed in the superior court of Clinch county, Ga., which appointed a receiver. It was subsequently removed into the United States…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stuart v. BoulwareSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Shainwald v. LewisDistrict Court, D. California · 1881
- Snell v. Frank Snell Sawmill Co.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1921
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