In re Burka

ADAMS, District Judge.

This case comes before the court on ■ a petition for review of the action of the referee in allowing a claim contracted by a bankrupt after the filing of the petition for adjudication against him, and prior to the actual adjudication. The claim allowed by the referee was for legal services rendered by Alfred Bettman, an attorney at law, to the bankrupt, in matters unrelated to the bankruptcy proceedings. The question is whether such a claim, not in existence at the time the petition for adjudication was filed, is a provable demand, within the meaning of the bankruptcy…