The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-02
RECORD FEES AND
AND SALARIES PAID
Biggest PlumS of All Go TO
Lawyers.
A MILLION DOLLAR FEE
Single Plea of Joseph H. Choate
Brought Him Sono,ooo-Fees
of Doctors Smaller-Men
of High Salaries.

| One of the largest single fees ever paid
to a lawyer was the s1.000OOO which James
b. Dill of New York received for settling
the disputes which arose between An
drew Carnegie and Henry c. Friek over
the transfer of the properties merged in
the United States Steel corporation. Mr..
Dill however, as observed by the Van
Norden Magazine, has now given up
his stupendous corporation fees for the
| small annual salary of Judge.
a fee only 100000 less than Mr.. Dilrs
was paid to another New York lawyer,
| William d. Guthrie, who received $500, 000
| for breaking the will of Henry b. Plant,
| owner of the Plant system of steamships,
! railways and hotels The Plant estate was
valued at S24,00O,0O0, the widows share
of which was sS0OO,Oo0 and this having
been tied up in trust. she engaged the
lawyer to bring suit for its release His
fee represented 10 per cent of her share.
Joseph Fl. choate, before his appoint
ment as ambassador to Great Britain,
received 100000 for single argument
before the United States supreme court,
the effect of which was that the income
| tax law was declared unconstitutional
As ambassador at London Mr.. Choate $
salary was $4,000.
Among other large fees of lawyers may
| be mentioned 100000 received by John l..
| Parson of New York for drawing single
| deed, $4,000 charged by d. b. Hill lol
| making single argument in the MolineuA
| case 100000 formerly received yearly by
Chauncey M. Dcpew from the New Nors
| Central Railroad company and $4,000 as
a retainer from the Equitable Life more
| than 100000 a year until recently earned
| by w. Bourke Cochran from consultation
| practice and the many thousands of dbl
| lars paid to Samuel Untermyer as couu-
sci in the shipyard litigation and in re-
| cent insurance cases.
DR.. Lorenz's Fee.
The fee of $4,000 and travelling expenses
| which was paid to DIR. Adolph Lorenz
| of Vienna to treat Lolita Armour for con-
genital hip dislocEion was much less
than has frequently been paid abroad
| by royalty. King Edward when Prince u
Wales once paid a physician 10000 fol
four weeks services.
The fee of $1,000, which a New York
dentist charged Prince Louis of Batten-
berg when the latter visited this country
with his fleet year ago, was much COM
mented upon. For dentists fee the sun
was undoubtedly large but az compared
! with some physicians fees it look insig-
nifcant.
Probably the record for large fees of this
class is held by DR.. Walter c. Brownlna
| of Philadelphia, who sent to the executors
of the estate of Senator c. l.. Magee d
bill for 100000. Explaining his charge
Mr.. Browning said that his ordinary
| charge for consultation in his office Is
$40 an hour, and outside the office $40 Al
hour. These rates. he said, Senator Ma
gee had voluntarily agreed to double.
Baltimore, the seat of Johns Hopkins
university, noted for its output Of ply
sicians, has contributed largely to the lisl
of big fees for doctors Prof. Howa, d
A. Kelly of Johns Hopkins hospital re-
ceived $4,000 for twenty-one days treat
ment of the wife of mine owner.
Prof A. McLane Tiffany of the sane
city was paid $4,000 for performing an
operation on a New York patient, and
Prof j. w Chambers received $1,000 for
| operating on a deputy warden VINO had