Palmer v. Kennedy

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

The trustee filed his petition for leave to employ counsel, setting forth the necessity therefor, naming the firm of attorneys whom he wished to employ, and stating that his reason for their selection was their familiarity with the bankrupt’s affairs and, their knowledge of transactions which could be assailed for the benefit of the bankrupt’s estate. It disclosed also that they were attorneys for a judgment creditor of the bankrupt but in the opinion of the trustee had no interest adverse to the trustee or to other creditors. Accompanying the petition was an affidavit by…