Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit November 10, 1908, No. 1,844 (Smith v. Pratt Consolidated Coal Co.)

PER CURIAM.

The question involved in this case is whether sufficient compensation has been allowed lawyers who successfully conducted a litigation which brought into the hands of the trustee in bankruptcy a large sum of money for distribution among creditors. Tbe referee heard evidence and allowed 86,000. On review the District Judge, on the same and more evidence, reduced the allowance to $3,600.