Watkins v. Bigelow
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant Amherst H. Wilder Charity, a corporation, from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, Bunn, J., fixing and allowing counsel fees of $30,000 to Charles E. Otis and Jared. How for services rendered in the action.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This appeal involves the propriety of the allowance by the trial court of attorney’s fees for services rendered in the case of Watkins v. Bigelow, 93 Minn. 210, 100 N. W. 1104. That case involved the construction of the last wills of Amherst H. Wilder and Fanny S. Wilder, his widow, by which the “Amherst H. Wilder Charity” was founded. Several prominent attorneys were retained in the case in support of the wills, and the court below awarded them compensation as follows: Davis, Kellogg & Severance, $15,000 ;'Charles N. Bell. $40,000; Charles E. Otis and Jared How, $30,000. No objection was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Watkins v. BigelowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Central Trust Co. v. Wabash, St. L. & R. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1887
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