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bonds issued by the defendant corporation, and that these securities cannot lawfully be diverted from that purpose. The securities must be held for the purposes for which they were deposited, and no order will be made to appropriate them to other purposes. The proceeds of the collection by the receiver of these claims will be held as a separate fund, subject to the same trusts that were impressed on the ·claims by the contracts under which they were held by the Company. The Company will not only be protected by the order of the court to surrender the assets, but willalsobe protected by subsequent orders applying the funds arising from the claims in strict conformity to the trusts under which the claims have been held by the Company. Whether or not the Company is a necessary party defendant to the bill is a question not necessary to be now decided. If it is, and is not made a party, it would be permitted to intervene in the cause by petition, if it became necessary to do so to protect or assert any interest involved in the suit. An order may be entered in conformity to the views expressed in this opinion, granting the relief prayed for in the petition.
JOHNSON: et al.v. SOUTHERN BUILDING & LOAN ASS'N. (Circuit Court, W. D.' Arkansas,Ft. Smith Division. August 4, 1899.) CLERKS OF FEDERAl, COURTS-FEES-COMMISSIONS ON RECEIVER. MONEY COLLECTED BY .
Rev. St. § 828, gives to the Clerk of a federal court a right to a commission of 1 per cent. only on money which passes through his hands, and he is not entitled to sucb. commission or money collected by an ancillary receiver, and by order of the court paid over to the home receiver in another jurisdiction,and which wlis never paid into the registry of the court.
On Motion by Clerk for Taxation, of Costs. The Southern Building & Loan Association is a corporation organized under the laws of Tennessee. It became insolvent, and D. A. Carpenter was appointed a l'eceiver by tile state couJ;t, at Knoxville, Tenn, Subsequently an ancillary receiver was appointed in the Eastern district of Arkansas, and still later the same receiver (Bowman) was appointed ancillary receiver in this court. He has collected as such receiver a la:rge SUIll of money (more than (00), and this money, less the expenses of the receivership, was paid over. U1b del' the order of this court, to D. A. Carpenter, receiver, at Knoxville, Tenn. .The clerk of this 'court, 'l'homas Boles, now moves the court to tax as a part of the cost in this case 1 per centum' upon the $20,000 heretofore collected by !lowman. receiver; and by him paid over to Carpenter, and that the said Bowman be required to pay 1 per centum; to the clerk of this court as a part of his cost, and that in the future the said Bowman be required to pay into the registry of this court all moneys which he may .collect as such receiver, to be disposed of according to law. Xo part of the mouey collected by Bowman has ever passed through the hands of the clerk, or been paid into the registry of the court.
Thomas Boles, pro set S. W. 'Williams, for receiver. ROGERS, District Judge (after stating the facts as above). The simple question is whether the clerk is entitled, under section 828 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to 1 per cent. upon the
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moneys which came into the hands of the receiver, and which, under the order of the court, was byhim paid over to D. A. Carpenter, receiver of the building and loan association at Knoxville, Tenn. The language of section 828 is, "For receiving, keeping and paying out money in pursuance of any statute or order of court one per centum of the amount so received, kept and paid." There are two lines of authority construing this statute. One line of authority maintains that money paid into the hands of a receiver or paid into the hand:,; of a master in chancery is to all intents and purposes paid into the registry of the court, and that the derk Should have his commissions thereupon. See Thomas v. Railway Co., 37 Fed. 548; Ex parte Prescott, 2 Gall. 145, Fed. Cas. No. 11,388; Fagan v. Cullen, 28 Fed. 843; U. S. v. Haas, 18 Myers, Fed. Dec. 281. The other line of decisions holds directly to the contrary, viz. that the commission allowed to the clerk under section 828 of the Revised Statutes "for receiving, keeping, and paying out money in pursuance of any statute or order: of court" cannot be claimed unless the money passes through his hands. Upton v. Triblecock, 4 Dill. 232, Fed. Cas. Ko. 5,541, note; In re Goodrich, 4 Dill. 230, Fed. Cas. No. '5,541; Leech v. Kay, 4 Fed. 72; Ex parte Plitt,2 Wall. Jr. 453, Fed. Cas. No. 11,228; Easton v. Railway Co., 44 Fed. 718; Trust Co. v. Dart, 33 C. C. A. 572, 91 Fed. 451. It will be observed that cases reported in 4 Dill. (4 Dill. 232, Fed. Cas. No. 5,541, note; 4 Dill. 230, Fed. Cas. No. 5,541) are decided, one by Dillon as circuit judge of this circuit, and the other by the late Mr. Justice Miller, circuit justice of this circuit. '['he case in 91 Fed. and 33 C. C. A. is decided by the circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit. I should feel inclined, where there is a conflict of authority, to follow any ruling made by the circuit judge of this circuit, in the absence of higher authority; and I deem it my duty to follow the decision of any federal circuit court of appeals in the absence of any expressed decision by the circuit court of appeals of the Eighth circuit. Independent of these decisions, my own opinion is that these cases lay down the better rule. The motion is therefore overruled. v. Kurtz, 164 U. S. 53, 17 Sup. Ct. 15, which seems to settle the question as it was heretofore decided. NOTE. Since this cnse was decided, my attention has been called to U. S.
WHIGHTSEL v. FELTOX. (Circuit Court, S. D. E. D. No. 886_ RAILROAD RECEIVEUS-POWERS-ADOPTlON OF PUJOR CO)!TUACTS OF COMPANY.
July 31, 1899.)
A receiver for a railroad may fulfill contraets made by the company prior to his appointment, so fnr as they serve the purposes of his appointment, which are to preserve the property and operate the road in the interests of the public, but no further; and he has no power, by the adoption of a contract by which the company agreed to retain in its employ one injured in its service, in settlement of a claim for damages for the injury, to bind himsdf or the property for the payment of damages for a breach of the contract on the discharge of the employe, the contract being mere.lY an nnsecured obligation of the company, which he has no authority to make a preferreu claim.