F. P. Newport v. Paul W. Sampsell, Trustee in Bankruptcy for the Estate of F. W. Newport Corporation, Ltd., Bankrupt

CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

We have here a question of compensation for services (and some expenses) in the matter of the estate of the F. P. Newport Corporation, Ltd., which has been in bankruptcy for over twenty years.

Before the adjudication of bankruptcy and until the appointment of a trustee, H. F. Metcalf was the receiver in bankruptcy. After a contest, Metcalf succeeded himself and became the trustee. The appointment for the latter office bears date of March 18, 1937. Eventually, Metcalf was succeeded as trustee in 1951 by Sampsell, appellee herein.

F. P. Newport, who in more prosperous days…