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U.S. v. EQUITABLE TRUST CO.

No. 21.

283 U.S. 738 (1931)

51 S.Ct. 639

75 L.Ed. 1379

UNITED STATES v. EQUITABLE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Richardson, with whom Attorney General Mitchell and Messrs. Nat M. Lacy and Pedro Capo-Rodriguez were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. John W. Davis argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents. Messrs. Carroll G. Walter, Rayburn L. Foster, Almond D. Cochran, and Harrison Tweed also filed briefs for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This writ brings under review a supplemental decree making allowances for attorney fees, expenses, etc., in a suit, instituted by a next friend, to recover and preserve a trust fund belonging to Jackson Barnett, an incompetent Creek Indian, and directing that the allowances be paid from that fund. The allowances are challenged by the United States as in conflict with existing restrictions on the disposal...

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