Guckenberger v. Dexter

By direction of the supreme court the question as to allowance to the tax-payer for his costs and a reasonable compensation to his attorneys under section 1779, Revised Statutes, in this case has been left to this court.

We have been asked to allow as compensation to plaintiff’s attorneys the sum of $25,000.

We have received testimony from quite a number of lawyers in large and active practice as to the value of the services rendered, the amounts ranging from $3,000 to $25,000.

The question involved in the litigation is recognized by every one as being of very great importansce to the city, and…