Chancey v. Bauer

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is a lawyer, who, to recover fees claimed to have been earned in connection with a suit in the state court, intervened in a foreclosure proceeding in the Federal court,, claiming a lien upon the bonds involved, and the funds realized therein. His claim was that the services he rendered in the state court suit were rendered for the holders of the bonds under a contract with the bondholders' committee in whom the title to, and authority over the bonds were vested, by a contract authorizing them to employ counsel, and to charge the expenses of the committee,…