187 F. 595 | 8th Cir. | 1911
(after stating the facts as above). The services of the solicitors in this case resulted in rescuing from spoliators a large amount of property, -not only for the benefit of the complainant, but for the benefit of all the stockholders of the Zinc Company, and by means of these services the property was brought under the control of the court. In these circumstances nothing is plainer than that the cost of a restitution of this kind should be borne by those benefited by it. Trustees v. Greenough, 105 U. S. 527, 26 L. Ed. 1157.
“And when an allowance to tbe complainant is proper on account of solicitor’s fees, it may be made directly to tlie solicitors themselves, without any application by their immediate client.” . . .
The decree of the Circuit Court must be affirmed.