In the Matter of Barry Yao Company, a Copartnership, and Barry Yao, an Individual, Bankrupts. Francis F. Quittner v. Bertram S. Harris

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

In a bankruptcy proceeding in the Southern District of California, Francis F. Quittner, Quittner & Stutman, Milford S. Zimmerman, and Zimmerman, Kelly & Thody, hereinafter called the appellants, were appointed as special counsel for the receiver to represent him in contesting the will of Lottie Barry in a proceeding then pending in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. 1 Pri- or to the appointment by the referee the appellants were informed that their compensation would be contingent upon recovery. Approximately six months later the will contest was settled, and the…