Crutcher v. Logan

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Mrs. M. J. Crutcher and J. H. O’Brien appeal from the action of the trial court in disallowing their claims for compensation filed in bankruptcy and equity receivership proceedings involving Virginia Oil & Refining Company.

The affairs of Virginia Oil & Refining Company were actively administered in bankruptcy from 1923 until 1926 when the Trustee was discharged. In 1930 the East Texas Oil Field was discovered and a number of oil leases owned by the bankrupt became valuable. Thereupon, on January 29, 1931, the bankruptcy was reopened for further active administration.…