Dickinson Industrial Site, Inc. v. Cowan

A plan of reorganization of petitioner under § 77B of the Bankruptcy Act (48 Stat. 912) was confirmed on Feb ruary 23, 1938. Respondents are members of a bondholders’ committed who sought an allowance in those proceedings. On October 26, 1938, they were awarded $2,000 for services rendered, $20,000 having been asked. On November 25, 1938, they petitioned the Circuit Court of Appeals for leave to appeal from that order. The appeal was allowed. Petitioner moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the Court of Appeals had no jurisdiction to allow it, the argument being that respondents had…