Legal Opinion

Adair Lumber Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided April 5, 1937No. 9603PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REEVES, District Judge.

This is a summary proceeding to adjust a controversy between counsel.

Ernest P. C. Moss, Esq., has filed his motion or petition in the main case for compensation as an attorney to be paid out of a fund deposited in court. This motion or petition has been answered by the defendants. One of said answers is in the nature of an interpleader and a prayer for a declaratory judgment and the taxation of costs. Other counsel in the case have answered, and, in effect, joined in a request for a determination in this court of the questions in controversy.

*416Since counsel are all…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Smith v. WrightMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
  2. Kingsbury v. JosephMissouri Court of Appeals · 1902

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sampsell v. MonellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
  2. In Re General Stores CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958

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