In re Medina Quarry Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. In the matter of the Medina Quarry Company, bankrupt. On petition of the Orleans Quarry Company and others to revise an order (182 Fed. 508) directing the trustee to make certain payments by way of allowances to attorneys for general creditors.
1Per curiam
[1] Irrespective of any general equity power, there is authority under section 64b of the bankruptcy act, as amended in 1903, to allow the reasonable expenses of one or more creditors, where property transferred or concealed by a bankrupt has been, through their efforts, recovered for the benefit of the estate. And, in our opinion, if the allowances in question cannot be sustained under this statute, they cannot be sustained under any other provision or gen..eral power. -None is broader.. The property recovered in this case was that which was covered by the lease and bill of sale to the…
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