In re Harris
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of William Harris, bankrupt. On petition by the Miners’ Bank of Wilkes-Barre for review of an order of the referee disallowing a portion of its claim.
1Opinion of the Court
WITMER, District Judge.
The Miners’ Bank of Wilkes-Barre has brought here for review the order of the referee, disallowing portion of its claim proven, in so far as the same relates to attorney’s commission on a note held by the bank against the bankrupt and others.
A promissory note, dated April 27, 1916, for $16,500, with interest at 6 per cent., payable to the bank, was executed and delivered to it by Phillip Harris, Sr., William Plarris, and John Reese. The note contained a power of attorney to enter and confess judgment It also provided allowance for an attorney’s fee:
“An attorney’s foe of…
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- In re GebhardDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1905
- In re T. H. Thompson Milling Co.District Court, W.D. Texas · 1906
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