Maurer v. International Re-Insurance Corp.

Southerland, Chief Justice,

delivering opinion of the court:

These cases concern the propriety of an allowance of counsel fees to appellant for legal services rendered in prosecuting certain creditors’ claims in the receivership. The questions which arise are so interwoven with the facts that a succinct preliminary statement of them is difficult. The circumstances are these:

On or about June 16, 1952, appellant filed in the court below a petition for an allowance of counsel fees from the receivership estate. Appellant had rendered valuable services in prosecuting successfully claims against…