In re Harris

HAMMOND, District Judge.

The bankrupt and his creditors have agreed on a composition, of his debts at 50 cents on the dollar, and he has the money to deposit in bank under the rules of practice in that behalf. But their agreement did not comprehend the costs; that is to say, whether the costs are to be paid out of the $6,000 he has to deposit as the 50 per centum of his indebtedness, or are to be additionally paid by him. He was prepared to pay what is called the common or regular costs of the court, amounting to some $25, but not the receiver’s and attorney’s fees, amounting to about $400…