Butler & Vale v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: This case was tried on its merits, and on April 6, 1908, the court- made an order fixing the attorneys’ fees at $60,000, the distribution of same to be agreed upon by said attorneys on or before the first Monday in May, 1908, otherwise to be determined by the court.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: This case was tried on its merits, and on April 6, 1908, the court- made an order fixing the attorneys’ fees at $60,000, the distribution of same to be agreed upon by said attorneys on or before the first Monday in May, 1908, otherwise to be determined by the court. Motions to amend the order of April 6, 1908, and for increase of compensation to attorneys were filed, and on May 18, 1908, the court made an order overruling said motions and naming the persons who shall participate in said judgment. On May 25, 1908, the court made its findings of fact, and,…
1Opinion of the CourtBooth, J.
This is a suit under a special jurisdictional act to recover attorney fees. The services alleged were performed in the prosecution of the claim of the Colville Indians against the United States, and were confined exclusively to the committees of Congress. The Colville Indians occupied a reservation set aside to them by executive order in the northeastern part of the State of Washington. By an act of Congress approved August 19, 1890 (26 Stat. L., 355), the President appointed a commission to treat with said Indians respecting the cession of a portion of said reservation to the United States.…
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