In re Smith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Michigan; Alexis C. Angelí, Judge. In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankrupt procéedings of H. H. H. Crapo Smith. Petition of Lucy C. Smith to revise an order of the District Court allowing a claim of a firm of attorneys for legal services rendered to the trustee.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
This case is here under section 24b of the Bankruptcy Act (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 553 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3432]) for review of an order of the District Court allowing, in part, the claim of a firm of attorneys residing in Detroit for legal services in the administration of the bankrupt estate. The prominent facts are these:
Five days before the bankruptcy proceedings were begun, one Holmes obtained a judgment for nearly $3,000 against the bankrupt. There was also pending a suit by another creditor of the same name, by the declaration in which $10,000…
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