Cecil F. Shopen v. Joseph M. Bone, Jr., Trustee in Bankruptcy of John D. Schindler, Bankrupt

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the District Court’s decision affirming the Referee in Bankruptcy’s disallowance of a claim against Joseph M. Bone, Jr., Trustee in Bankruptcy for John D. Schindler, bankrupt.

Claimant, Cecil F. Shopen, a real estate broker and auctioneer with offices in St. Louis, Missouri, urges that the Referee and District Court erred as a matter of law in refusing to recognize an unsecured- claim against the bankrupt’s estate emanating from a valid contract of employment between Shopen Realty Auction Company and the bankrupt.

The facts in main are…