Webster Motor Car Co. v. Packard Motor Car Co.

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The fixing of attorneys’ fees is always a delicate task. It is not fair to anyone to attempt to fix them on an hourly or a daily basis. The matters that have to be considered are the magnitude and the complexity of the issues involved, the standing of counsel at the bar — and in this case plaintiffs are represented by a leader of the bar and, I might also say in passing although it may be irrelevant, the defendants are represented by very able counsel — the skill exercised and the result achieved. All these imponderables and intangibles must be considered in fixing…