Small v. Kiel

GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the court below was warranted in setting aside allowances made by a special master on account of personal injuries to Chesley T. Small and Charlotte Small Sweazea, and in substituting its own findings fixing the amount of such damages.

The St. Louis Public Service Company is a street railway company operating street cars in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. It went into receivership April 15, 1933, and on June 14, 1934, Henry W. Kiel was appointed trustee in a debtor proceeding for reorganization of the company under .Section 77B…