The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-12-03

in GLENN CASE
TRIMMED $545
Referee Orders Reduction, he
Says, After he COnsults
Cape Attorneys.
SENATOR OLIVER SAYS
HIS FEE WAS FAIR
Receipts From Bankrupt Estate
Are Soon to Go to
Creditors.

| Following a hearing before L. s.
Referee in Bankruptcy Oscar A. knc-
hans yesterday afternoon, the attor-
neys fees for the finn of Oliver &
Oliver, counsel for w. H. Stubblefiold
Jr., trustee in the D. A. Glenn estate.
were cut from S1745, the bill recon-
mended in the trustees report, TO
$1,000 by the referee.
The cut in the lawyers fees for
work performed in connection with the
Glenn bankruptcy case was made after
attorneys representing several of the
creditors in the Glenn estate declared
the hearing that the cost for attorneys
was excessive.
The divers were retained by the
trustee to perform an investigation in
to the Glenn case when the petition in
bankruptcy first was filed. They have
worked on the legal phases of the
trustees duties almost constantly ever
since.
In their bill presented to the referee,
they itemized 30 days work done for
the trustee at the rate of SIS day.
In addition they already had been al
lowed fees amounting to $500 by the
late Judge A. Ross, former referee in
Bankruptcy.
| When the discussion arose as to
whether the counsel fees asked were
too high, Knehans took counsel with
several leading attorneys and Judges
in Cape County as well rs bankruptcy
| lawyers from St Louis to obtain their
ideas of the reasonable fee to be al
lowed for the trustees attorneys in the
Glenn case.
He declared yesterday when he an
nOunced the S545 cut in the bill, that
the advice of the men he had con-
suited had aided him in making his
decision as to what fee to allow.
Benson c. Hardesty, Judge Edward
d. Hays and Judge +. F. Davis yes
tcrday afternoon spoke as counsel for
other creditors of the Glenn estate in
opposition to the Sl745 fee.
The referee yesterday turned back
the report of the trustee for n few al
teratiOns in the document before it is
approved for the U. S. District Court.
1t had been planned that the Glenn
estate was to have been closed up
finally to day, checks issued to the
creditors and the affairs ended. but
on account of the alterations in the
trustees report, that action will be de-
layed
knehans last night declared he in
tends to issue the checks to Mr. and
Mrs Glenn for the amounts they are
to receive from the proceeds of the
estate. Mr.. Glenn is to receive $500
and Mrs. Glenn $500.
Allen Oliver and Senator r. Z.
Oliver were present at the hearing and
discussed the question of their petit
ton for fees with Referee Knehans
Senator Oliver declared that in
making out the fee bill, the question
involved was whether the cOnsidera-
ton was reasonable for the amount of
work done by the law firm. No Ques-
ton ever was raised as to whether the
work was done that payment was ask
ed for, he said.
The attorneys opposing the fee had
declared cardinal principle to be OBJ
served in making out the amount of i
fee was the success of the litigation
brought by the trustees attorneys and
the good that they did for the estate in
additional funds.
Senator Oliver declared that prin-
ciple was not sound and he declared
that the fees in regard to many items
in the petition were much lower than
he would have placed them in an in
dependent case. He supported his posi-
ton by quoting case similar in char
acter that came up at Jackson a few
years ago.