In re Lang
District Court, W.D. Texas
In Bankruptcy. On question certified by referee. The question as to what is a reasonable allowance as an attorney’s fee arises upon the certificate of the referee. The material facts to be considered are substantially as follows: Lang, the bankrupt, being insolvent employed Heiley, McBride & Watson, as attorneys, to prepare and file, under the laws of the state, a deed of general assignment for the benefit of his creditors.
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In Bankruptcy. On question certified by referee. The question as to what is a reasonable allowance as an attorney’s fee arises upon the certificate of the referee. The material facts to be considered are substantially as follows: Lang, the bankrupt, being insolvent employed Heiley, McBride & Watson, as attorneys, to prepare and file, under the laws of the state, a deed of general assignment for the benefit of his creditors. The deed was duly prepared and executed, and for the service rendered the attorneys were promised by Lang, and allowed by the referee, a fee of $150. Subsequently certain…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxey, District Judge
(after stating the facts). Section 64, subd. “b,” cl. 3, of the bankrupt act (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 563 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3447]), allows an attorney’s fee to the bankrupt in the following language:
“One reasonable attorney’s fee, for the professional services actually rendered, irrespective of the number of attorneys employed, to the petitioning creditors in involuntary cases, to the bankrupt in involuntary cases while performing the duties herein prescribed, and to ‘the bankrupt in voluntary cases, as the court may allow.”
Referring: to-the policy of the present law…
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