Legal Opinion

Witherspoon v. Hornbein

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 7, 1921No. 9743PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Proceeding involving a claim for attorney fees against a corporation. Order allowing claim in' full. Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver, Hon. Julian H. Moore, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whitford

In a stockholders suit instituted by the plaintiffs in error against Sanford Bell, Eloise A. Campbell and L. J. Stark, as directors, and The Rhea Chemical Company, as defendants, for the appointment of a receiver, the defendant in error Hornbein filed an unitemized claim for $1,500.00 as attorney’s fee for services rendered the directors and the corporation in the' stockholders suit, and for other legal services rendered the corporation immediately prior to the appointment of the receiver. The court ordered the receiver to pay the full claim of Hornbein, and the plaintiff brings error. The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Godley v. Crandall & Godley Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Moses v. McGarveyAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Belcher v. Birmingham Trust National BankDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1968
  3. Steve Milone, and Edward McFarland v. John F. EnglishCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
  4. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. HoffaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1965
  5. Pacific States Savings & Loans Co. v. HiseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945

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