People Ex Rel. Lowe v. Marquette National Fire Insurance

This cause is here to review the decree of the superior court of Cook county disallowing solicitor’s fees for services rendered in the liquidation of the Marquette National Fire Insurance Company. That decree was affirmed by the Appellate Court for the First District, and the cause is here on certiorari.

The facts are not in dispute. On a petition filed in the superior court of Cook county by the Attorney General on request of H. U. Bailey, Director of Trade and Commerce, an order was entered on April 29, 1927, under the Insurance Liquidation act of 1925, (Smith’s Stat. 1925, chap. 73, par.…