Irving I. Bass, Trustee of the Estate of Continental Escrow Co., a Corporation, Bankrupt v. Milo v. Olson

KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Irving I. Bass, as trustee in bankruptcy of Continental Escrow Company, from an order of the district court declaring Milo V. Olson to be the owner of and entitled to $7895.00 of the moneys presently held in a special trust account.

There is little dispute over the facts. Olson, an attorney, performed legal services for Continental during the period immediately preceding its adjudication on August 27, 1959. Within three months of that date he had received from a third person a check payable to Continental 1 and which, pursuant to an agreement with…