Frederick M. Myers, Jr., and Lucien Hilmer v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entered by the Honorable George H. Moore, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, on November 13, 1956, in the proceeding for the reorganization of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor, denying the appellants’ petitions for allowances out of the debtor’s estate for expenses incurred and for legal services rendered by them as counsel for two members of the fifteen-member Board of Directors of the debtor, the two being called “Independent Directors.” This Court has jurisdiction of this appeal by virtue of…