Manhattan Ry. Co. v. City of New York

By this petition — dismissed below on motion of the City of New York — petitioners seek in substance to obtain further allowances from the City of New York for the legal services of petitioner Franklin as solicitor and general counsel of the Company in the receivership proceeding of it and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, beyond that sanctioned by us in Franklin v. City of New York, 2 Cir., 144 F.2d 571, certiorari denied 324 U.S. 847, 65 S.Ct. 684. But we there held that, according to the very explicit language of the Unification Plan, Franklin was entitled to only such compensation…