Bernard D. Flaxman v. George Gardner, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Pride Furniture Manufacturing, Ltd.

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

In this bankruptcy proceeding the referee disapproved the accounting of Bernard D. Flaxman, pre-bankruptcy assignee for the benefit of the bankrupt’s creditors, and surcharged the assignee the sum of $3,850.65 for sums paid out of the assignor’s estate prior to bankruptcy. In so doing, the referee disallowed all but $500.00 of the $1,465.00 fee for an auditor’s report, all but $150.00 of the $350.00 fee for an accountant’s report, all but $1,366.64 of the $2,733.28 fee for the services of an auctioneer, and all but $780.32 of the $2,465.52 the assignee paid to himself…