Ohio Valley Bank Co. v. Switzer

SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.

The controversy brought up on this appeal arose in the matter of the bankruptcy of Christian C. Mack upon a petition of the appellant, a principal creditor of the bankrupt, for the allowance of attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by it in contesting claims of other parties who claimed to be creditors, and in proceedings to recover assets. The .appellant alleged in its petition that these contests and recoveries were made by its own efforts in default of action by the trustees, and were successful in largely augmenting the estate. It claimed before the. referee an…