Legal Opinion
Lea v. Paterson Sav. Inst.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1944No. 10994PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Filed in a municipal bankruptcy proceeding, Re: Town of Belleair, Florida, after the approval of a plan of composition which contained no provision for such fees, the petition, filed on his own behalf by an attorney for objecting creditors, sought to have counsel fees allowed him. The claim in general1 was that through his activities as attorney for objecting creditors, the plan as finally approved was more favorable to all of the creditors, and each, having accepted its benefits, is liable to him for a fee measured by a reasonable portion of the benefits received.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga. v. PettusSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Wallace v. FiskeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
- Nolte v. Hudson Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by11 opinions
- L. C. Haynes v. Rederi A/s AladdinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Berry v. RootCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Paris v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1947
- New York Life Insurance v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (In Re Texaco Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- Godfrey P. Schmidt v. Joseph S. McCarthy and Seymour J. Spelman, John T. Wiley v. Joseph S. McCarthy and Seymour J. SpelmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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