Sumner Sollitt Co. v. Adelman

Appellants appeal from a judment of the bankruptcy court denying their petition for review of an order of the Referee in bankruptcy denying appellants’ request for interim fees. We think the district court’s judgment is erroneous and that the Referee abused his discretion in the ruling.

On October 18, 1967, the Referee stated that he would allow the trustee $1,000 and the attorneys $15,000, on account of services rendered to that date, and di-, rected the drafting of an order accordingly. No objection was filed. The order was submitted, but not signed by the Referee. At a hearing on December…