Melville Fuller

“ So far as the allowances to counsel are concerned, it is a mere question as to their reasonableness. Nor is there any doubt of the power of courts of equity to fix the compensation of their own receivers. That power results necessarily from the relation which the receiver sustains to the court; and, in the absence of any legislation regulaing the receiver's salary or compensation, the matter is left entirely to the determination of the court from which he derives his appointment. ”

“ But while, therefore, we shall overrule the motion to dismiss, it is unquestionable that there was color for it, and that we can consider the motion to affirm, in accordance with the rule on that subject. ”

“ The receiver is an officer of the court, and subject to its directions and orders; and while, in the discharge of his official duties, he is at all times entitled to apply to the court for instruction and advice, he is also permitted to obtain counsel for himself, and counsel fees are considered as within the just allowances that may be made by the court. ”