In re Blankfein

BROWN, District Judge.

The question has been submitted whether- a vote for a trastee at a creditors’ meeting, offered in behalf of *192Butterfield & Co. by a clerk employed by the law firm of Black, 01-cott, Gruber & Bonynge who appeared in the proceedings as the proctors for Butterfield & Co., should be received. The vote was objected to by other creditors on the ground that no express authority from Butterfield & Co. to vote for trustee was shown, and that a mere retainer, as attorney at law, was insufficient.

The presumption in favor of the authority of an attorney to appear and act for the…