In re Oppenheimer

ARCH BARD. District Judge.

The receiver asks credit for $400 attorney and counsel fees — $200 for Mr. Dando, his own immediate counsel, and $200 for Mr. Davis, attorney for the petitioning creditors. A receiver in bankruptcy is undoubtedly entitled to the assistance of counsel, the same as an executor or administrator, and upon the same grounds, and a reasonable allowance therefor will be made him in the settlement of his accounts. They come in, however, as part of the expenses of administering the estate, and not otherwise, and, there is no place for anything outside of this. The services of…