In re Epstein
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
In Bankruptcy. This is an application on the part of the trustee for additional compensation for services performed by him as trustee of the bankrupt estate. From the evidence submitted the court iinds the facts to be that in November, 1900, the bankrupt was adjudicated as sucli, and the petitioner duly elected as trustee.
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In Bankruptcy. This is an application on the part of the trustee for additional compensation for services performed by him as trustee of the bankrupt estate. From the evidence submitted the court iinds the facts to be that in November, 1900, the bankrupt was adjudicated as sucli, and the petitioner duly elected as trustee. At the time of the adjudication the bankrupt was engaged in the city of Little Hock as a dealer in chinaware, crockery, toys, and ornaments; the latter being a class of goods suitabie for the holiday trade. By order' of the court the trustee continued the business at retail…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The services rendered by the trustee were highly beneficial to the estate, and, if there is any authority whatever for the court to make an extra allowance to him, it should be done. The compensation provided for by the act of congress will be about $50 a month for his services, — services which would he cheap at $250 a month. Section 48a of the bankrupt act provides that:
• “Trustees shall receive as full compensation for their services, payable after they are rendered, a fee of $5.00, deposited with the clerk at the time0 ¡lie petition is filed, in each…
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- In re Mammoth Pine Lumber Co.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1902
- In re J. S. Patterson & Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1903
- In re ScrewsDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1906