Estate of Blythe

This is an applicátion for compensation by Dr. Edward R. Taylor, an attorney and counselor of this court, for legal services rendered under and by virtue of an order of appointment made and entered on the thirty-first day of December, 1885.

Applicant accompanies his petition with a schedule of the services for which he claims compensation. This schedule includes the services in and about the trial of the contest of heirship in the matter entitled “Florence Blythe versus Abbie Ayres and others.”

*338 Por the purpose of this decision, and without prejudice, the court declines to consider and discards so much of the said schedule as embraces the trial of said action or contest of heirship.

Apart from these items, comprehending the trial of the action from and including July 15, 1889, to and including June 27, 1890, the court is clearly of opinion that the petition is meritorious.

The petitioner has been active and diligent under said appointment, and has been of great service to the said estate in the matter of the conservation of its assets, and has also been of service to the court in enabling it to reach correct conclusions in many difficult matters coming before it during the…