Travelers Insurance Company v. Lawrence

509 F.2d 83 TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, a Connecticut Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M. T. LAWRENCE, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Everett R. Langford, United States Marshal for the District of Oregon, Appellee, and Wolfsen M. C. Ranch, a limited partnership, Assignee of Judgments and Purchaser at Marshal's Sale, Appellant. No. 73--1812. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Dec. 23, 1974. 1 John H. Buttler (argued), Cake, Hardy, Buttler, McEwen & Weiss, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant. 2 Kathryn H. Baldwin, Atty. (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for appellee. 3 Before KILKENNY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, * District Judge. OPINION JAMESON, District Judge: 4 Appellants, the plaintiff and defendants in an action to foreclose a mortgage on real property and the purchaser at foreclosure sale, challenge the validity of a commission of appellee, the United States Marshal for the District of Oregon, in the amount of $75,765, taxed as costs for selling the property pursuant to the decree of foreclosure. The commission was computed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1921 . The appeal is from an order overruling appellants'…