Lehman v. Cameron

This action was brought by trustees in reorganization under chapter 10 of the Bankruptcy Act (U. S. Code, tit. 11, § 501 et seq.) to recover payments made to certain laymen and their respective attorneys during the period from October 28,1948 to June 21,1949.

Forty-two separate causes of action are alleged in the complaint. A forty-third cause, against officers and directors of the debtor corporation, was severed, and tried separately by a Special Referee. Of the remaining forty-two causes, twenty-four (in which the defendants were all represented by the same counsel) were tried by this court,…