In re Butcher

MORTON, District Judge.

The present proceedings raise no question as to the allowance of expenses of litigation from the amount recovered; it being taken for granted, apparently, by all parties concerned, that they are allowable. The prayer of the petition is that the amount recovered— ■ t '

“should be ,treated as a special fund and should be first devoted to the payment of the claims of those creditors who contributed to and guaranteed the expense of the trustee in bringing and carrying forward said litigation * * * in proportion to the amount of their contribution thereto.”

The amount…