Hines v. Lowrey

Section 500 of the World War Veterans’ Act (as applicable here) prohibits the recognition of attorneys or claim agents in the presentation or adjudication of veterans’ War Risk Insurance claims; limits to ten dollars the payment for assisting in the preparation and execution of an application to the Veterans’ Bureau; permits a court — rendering a favorable judgment or decree on a veteran’s 'claim — to allow the veteran’s attorney a fee not to exceed ten per cent of the amount recovered; and makes soliciting or obtaining any fee greater than the statute provides a crime subject to a maximum…