Zweifel, Tuohy & Crager v. Trans-State Oil Co.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The appellants are attorneys who represented the debtor, the Trans-State Oil Company, in reorganization proceedings under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 207. By this appeal, they seek reversal of an order which denied them any fee for their services payable out of the assets of the debtor’s estate. The opinion of the District Court is reported in Re Trans-State Oil Co., 24 F.Supp. 454, to which reference is made for a further statement of the facts.

The court found that the appellants had performed services to the estate of the reasonable value of…