The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-10-29

circular being circulated headed 'The Columbia Fl
and Trust Company in which deals with the allowance
ofSone Sudduth the attorneys for the Trust Company and
also the allowance to the Trust Company.
Any sensible will know that the law fixes the compen
saon for trustees per The question of attorneys
fees always determined and settled by pooupon the question
Of the value rendered by the attorneys In this
proof taken othe value services among
dispositions for the services already rendered. find the follow
ing taken from the deposition Of Hon. A. T. Wood candidate
for Commonwealth Attorney the follows 'My
opinion that the fee of Twenty Thousand S2oooo Dollars
reasonable and fee of twenty-five Thousand 2ooo) Dollars
would not be much and say that gave Mr. W.
A. Sudduh my opinion of what their worth in this
ehe stated what said attorneys had DONE that
had pesoaa knowledge of and fixed fee Twenty Thou
sand 2ooo Dollars reasonable fee without knowing hav
ing any ntmaton from any one, how much they claim
Fee Said attorneys have been faithful and unring their
efforts collect all the assets possible in the suits that have
personal knowledge about and have rendered valuable service
for said Company in the settlement Of said trust"
Also find the dispositions of W. c. P Breckenridge Jno.
T. Shelby Rowan Hardin, Judge B. Muir, Matt ODoherty,
Tyler Barnett Gregory Judge is Pire and many others,
proving in substance the facts There exceptions
filed this report except filed by R. A. MITCHELL and
they withdrawn The Court could do otherwise than
allow the fee proven before him. There contradictory
proof upon the question and the Court bound allow the
fee any sensible will know AS the balance of the fee
asked for hasaot been allowed and any creditor file
cepton and its allowance but among the depos
tons stating that the allowance of Eight Thousand SS,ooo Dol
lars yet claimed by the attorneys reasonable, in addition
what has been allowed find the deposition of Judge Lewis
Apperson taken August 10TH 1897 and in the
question the easonabeness of the fee he states follows
to-wt We have known Stone and Sudduth for number
of years, probably as much twenty years pracc-
ing attorneys and much of the litigation referred have had
occasion investigate among them the suit in Lexington also
the matter Carter County and have knowledge of the
litigation in Fulton County by Of having client who is
interested in the bank down there and Of the litigation in
the Court of Appeals we'll being directly connected with
some of the actions pending the Montgomery Circuit Court in
which R. A Mitchell party involving thousands Of dol
lars niew of the ability of Stone Sudduth attorneys
the attention the litigation has required believe from Eight to
Ten Thousand Dollars would be reasonable attorneys fee and
further taking into consideration that Stone Sudduth attended
to the settlements ofhe Trustee in this action, requiring the
attention of attorneys have the settlements properly made
this fee of Ten Thousand Dollars be for the final wind
ling the and since the last allowance And further
y s>~egssaa1Yedy LEWIS APPERSON
Also the deposition of Hon. A. T. Wood taken on the
nth day of August 1897 the last allowance asked for by
ne attorneys addition the former allowance and
The reasonabeness of the fee states as follows to-wt
M ~ think thousand dollars SIoooo) would be ow fee.
that from my knowledge of what has to be done and
SXhat has been done since the last settlement
Ques-As understand you, you speak from your personal
well the hypothetical made your
Ans sir speak from my personal knowledge and the
pohetcal proposition made The labor this has been
mense and still great deal to be DONE nave known
laborous and that better managed
the opposition. The has been fought very hard
" was the difficult to manage have known
II House. and large volume Of has been col
& this we'll anybody could attend to it; they
ven great deal Of attention and involved great deal Of
Ind immense labor to it." And further saith not
N8 (Signed 0a '4ee A. T. WOOD,
W. ahe circular that being circulated is only another of
~ Icks of Judge Coopes enemies try and influence public
Hent agansth and his defeat by unfair but
fmocrae Committee urges all Democrats stand by their
and from the beginning to the end and warn the
tQ against any additional lies and SANDERS that be crcu
before the battle of ballots is And the people
IRE circulating these asehoods against Judge Cooper, will
Sto anything try defeat him. Judge Cooper has
<Npea to his friends stand by him. and let false
@ HMe them from their until the last ballot is
.nsf cots ~ Respectfully,
die aone&x "a bCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Of Montgomery County. Kentucky.