Lewis v. Fitzgerald

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

The appeal in this voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy presents for determination the question whether attorneys for the bankrupt are entitled to compensation out of the bankrupt estate for services rendered to the bankrupt in resisting objections to the granting of a discharge. The trial court decided the question in the negative.

Historically, one of the basic purposes of the bankruptcy law is to bring about a ratable distribution of the property of the bankrupt among his creditors holding just demands; to protect the creditors from one another; and to release the…