In re Curtis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This is an appeal by the trustees in bankruptcy from an order of the district court sitting in bankruptcy, made October 17, 1899, allowing the sum of $12,-500 to counsel for the petitioning creditors for professional services.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. This is an appeal by the trustees in bankruptcy from an order of the district court sitting in bankruptcy, made October 17, 1899, allowing the sum of $12,-500 to counsel for the petitioning creditors for professional services. On August 11, 1898, the bankrupts, co-partners transacting a banking business under the name of the “Bank of Waverly,” made a voluntary assignment of their property for the benefit of their creditors,- pursuant to the statutes of the state of Illinois. On the 1st day of November,…
1Opinion of the CourtJerkirs, Circuit Judge
In the administration of an estate in bankruptcy the law permits the allowance of “one reasonable attorney's fee for the professional service actually rendered * * * to the petitioning creditors in involuntary cases.” 80 Stat. c. 541, § 04b, subd. 3. The act grants an appeal, to this court from an order of the district court sitting in bankruptcy allowing or rejecting any claim exceeding $500 against the bankrupt estate. 30 Stat. c. 541, § 25a, subd. 3. This clearly lodges in the appellate court the right to review the allowance of any such claim. The attorney for the petitioning creditors is…
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