In re M. F. Rourke Co.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the bankruptcy proceedings of the M. F. Rourke Company. On referee’s certificate to determine his right to compensation as commissions on funds disbursed by the trustee, on debts incurred by him in the operation of the bankrupt business under his orders.
1Opinion of the Court
SANFORD, District Judge.
The referee has filed his certificate submitting to me the question as to whether he is entitled to commissions on funds disbursed by the trustee on debts incurred by the trustee in the operation of the business of the bankrupt as a going concern under the orders of the referee and upon consent of all creditors in this cause. It appears from his certificate that the bankrupt company, which had been engaged in the plumbing business, had on hand at the time of the adjudication a large amount of plumbing supplies, and also various uncompleted contracts in different parts…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bray v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908
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