Samuel Blatchford

“ Rep. 361, made January 5, 1885, after the decree of the court in general term in this suit, in which it is said that the agreement between Musser and Porter was 'that each should have an equal interest in the prosecution and proceeds of the claims in case of recovery;' and upon the fact that White was a party to that suit. But there is no evidence in the case that Porter had any assignment in writing of any interest in the Conrow award, or any written instrument creating any lien upon it, or its proceeds, by way of fee or otherwise from either the claimants of that award or from Musser. ”

“ The court in special term, in February, 1883, made a decree as follows: 'The court finds that the plaintiff is entitled to the one full, equal half of the attorneys' fees in the awards against Mexico by the joint United States and Mexican commission in the case of Mary Ann Conrow, referred to in the bill and proceedings in this case, and the defendant is entitled to the other half. ”

“ The claim of Porter in respect to the Conrow award is based upon the contention that he procured Musser to obtain, for a compensation to be paid to him by the plaintiff, powers of attorney from the legal representatives of the three men who had been killed, to prosecute the claims,-the powers of attorney and contracts to contain the plaintiff's name as attorney in fact, with a power of substitution ”