In re Cooper

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The testimony taken before the referee satisfies me that Mr. Eaby was only employed by the bankrupt to file his petition, and that his obligation as attorney ceased at that point. The bankrupt paid him no fee, and he seems to have been engaged for the special purpose just referred to. This being so, I see no impropriety in his accepting claims from creditors that were sent to him afterwards without his own solicitation or the procurement of the bankrupt, and voting upon them for trustee. There is no evidence of any collusion between the bankrupt and the…