Legal Opinion
In Re Klein-Moffett Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 1, 1928No. 4861PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, District Judge.
The question for decision here involves the payment of a fee of $1,500 by a bankrupt to his counsel one week before bankruptcy. The trustee in bankruptcy has questioned the legality of this payment, and has petitioned the court to review it, on the ground that the services covered by the fee were not directly connected with the bankruptcy proceedings, and that, entirely apart from the question of their value, the services were such as the court would not have allowed compensation for if the attorney, instead of having secured the fee in advance of bankruptcy, had been…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Pratt v. BotheCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1904
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- In re HabeggerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Matter of OlenUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1981
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- In Re BuchananCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
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