In re Dungeness Timber Co.

BLACK, District Judge.

This matter is on review before the court from the decision of the referee in bankruptcy, now deceased, denying to Trumbull, Severyns & Trumbull, attorneys, the right to retain any of the proceeds of a certain negotiable instrument of the face value of $314 above the value of the specific services of said attorneys in collecting said negotiable instrument.

By reason of the death of the referee who made such decision prior to the certification of the record to this court on review, such certification of necessity was by his successor, who was limited in his ability to…