Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-18 | Page 1 | Attorney Given $500,000 Verdict in Calif. Case

ATTORNEY GIVEN VERDICT IN CALIF CASE REDWOOD CITY Cal Cat Feb 17 A 17 A verdict awarding Edward F. F Tre Treadwell Treadwell Tread Tread- dwell d'- d' well San Francisco attorney In counsel fees from the estate of ot Henry Miller California cattle baron was returned today by a jury In the superior court here I Treadwell former chief counsel of Miller l and Lux the great land and livestock firm of which Henry Miller Uller was one of the founders sued for fees for conducting litigation for tor the estate which led to a return to his clients of approximately Inheritance In Inheritance Inheritance In- In taxes paid to the United States government The defendants contended that Treadwell was merely acting in his his- capacity as chief counsel of the firm firmIn firmin In the tax litigation and that the monetary consideration given him as should rightly be bethe be- be such chief counsel H S the only compensation that could be considered