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CLAIMS OF ASSIGNEES. Several Who Want an Adjustment of Fees. Judges Smith, Simpson, McGee and Lancaster occupied the bench in the main court room yesterday for the purpose of hearing the arguments and evidence in the applications for fees in eight assignments. This is the first sitting in which the new rule has been put into effect, which requires attorneys in assignments, and assignees, to appear before the full bench in support of their demands. Only two matters were heard in the morning, and both were taken under advisement. In the assignment of A. E. Horton the assignee had been unable to collect enough to pay the expenses and fees asked. There was about $600 short of paying the attorney and assignee. However, they were willing to take all they had, and give the court a quit claim. There were several attorneys present to object, who insisted that they should have a few dollars out of the $2,500 that was left. In the assignment of the M. D. Cox Furniture company, S. S. Kilvington has left it to the court as to what his fees shall be. His attorney, J. L. Dobbin, asked the court for $510 as his share, and there was no one present to object. However, it is the court that is doing the objecting now, and the matter was taken under advisement like the other one. John W. Arctander presented a bill for $3,385 for legal services in the case of Olson vs. the State Bank, after the entry of judgment. He had already been paid $6,500 in the matter. The report of Gen. Hahn, as receiver, was also submitted, and the court took the matter under advisement. Capt. Hart appeared with a request that he be allowed $2,000 for his work in objecting to the account of the Minneapolis Trust company as receiver of the Northwestern Guaranty Loan company. It was true that Judge Russell had denied the same petition, but Hart brought it again before the full bench. He claimed that he had saved the estate considerable money and was entitled to his fees. "The work that was done by Capt. Hart," said Col. Dodge, appearing for the Trust company, "was not of any great good to the estate. I think I give a summary of the records when I say that the various objections delayed the settlement of this estate fully two years, and cost the estate $6,000 in cash." The court took the matter under advisement, as in all the other cases. J. W. Cohen asked for $400 for fees in the assignment of Frudenfeld & Co., and a like amount for the assignee. Wadsworth Wadsworth wanted $2,000 in the Crittenden assignment, to which there was some objection. The court will pass upon all the matters later.