Gelberg v. Richardson

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, as attorney for a creditor’s committee, petitioned the District Court for an order directing appellee, as receiver for Western Blind & Screen Company, to pay appellant a fee of $1,250 for services alleged to have been rendered in the receivership proceeding described in Gripton v. Richardson (C.C.A.9) 82 F.(2d) 313, decided this day. From a decree denying appellant’s petition, he prosecutes this appeal.

Although it did not terminate the receivership proceeding, the decree determined appellant’s rights by rejecting his claim. Such a decree is “final,” within…