Fitchie v. Brown

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

HARTWELD, C.J.

This is a motion by the attorneys for the plaintiffs, the heirs at law of the decedent, for allowance out of the estate of a reasonable .sum for professional services and expenses in preparing and presenting the cause before the supreme court of tbe United States on appeal from the decree of this court of November 3, 1906. It appears by the affidavit of one of the *416attorneys that they prepared the record oil the appeal and a brief for the appellants; that in order to avoid the expíense of going to Washington they retained counsel there and instructed him by…