McCartney, Foster & McGee v. Moore

POSTER, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to superintend and revise an order of' the District Court refusing to allow to petitioners fees as attorneys for the trustee of the estates of John Wilson Ploore, Jr., and S. P. Norwood, bankrupts.

Briefly stated, the material facts are-these: Johnson county, Tex., had claims against the two bankrupts and others arising from the same transaction, and employed petitioners to prosecute said claims for agreed fees of $20,000, which have been paid. At the time of this employment it was contemplated that the affairs of the said debtors would be liquidated…