Palmer v. Kelby

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This case comes before us upon appeals from two orders of the bankruptcy court, denying allowances; one, to accountants retained by one of the petitioning creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding; the other, to the attorneys and counsel of all the petitioning creditors. The circumstances out of which the claims arose were as follows. On July 14, 1933, certain creditors of a corporation, known as the New York Investors, Inc., filed a sequestration bill against that company, and the court appointed the appellee, Kelby, and another, receivers of its estate, and they went into…