Legal Opinion
In Re McCrory Stores Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 25, 1937PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
The question is whether attorneys who have prosecuted two separate claims in behalf of a client against an estate in course of reorganization under section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C.A. § 207), and who have been paid in full for services in prosecuting one of the claims, have an attorney’s lien against' that claim for unpaid compensation in respect to services in prosecuting the other claim.
McCrory Stores Corporation was adjudicated bankrupt in January, 1933. In July, 1934, the case was converted into one for reorganization under section 77B of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Matter of HeinsheimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In re Baxter & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
- In re United Cigar Stores Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1934
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