In re Wilson
District Court, S.D. New York
Hearing on report of the register upon petition of J. H. Goodwin for payment of an attorney’s lien. The assignee of the bankrupts was appointed in June, 1879. Prior thereto the petitioner had been employed by the bankrupts as their attorney in the prosecution of several suits which were pending at the time of the appointment of the assignee.
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Hearing on report of the register upon petition of J. H. Goodwin for payment of an attorney’s lien. The assignee of the bankrupts was appointed in June, 1879. Prior thereto the petitioner had been employed by the bankrupts as their attorney in the prosecution of several suits which were pending at the time of the appointment of the assignee. The petitioner, as attorney, bad also recovered for the bankrupts, in January, 1879, two judgments against one James Wilson by default upon promissory notes for about $877, upon wbicb judgments executions were then in the hands of the sheriff uneolleeted.…
1Opinion of the Court
Bhown, I). J.
It is not disputed that the sum of $826.69 would be a fair compensation to the petitioner for his services to the bankrupts in obtaining the judgment against Hiñe and Phillips in May, 1879. Nothing, however, has been recovered thereon. All „ claims of the petitioner, aside from those connected with that judgment, have been paid, and the only question presented is whether the petitioner has a right to be paid the balance of $782.83 due to him for his services and costs in obtaining this judgment out of the proceeds collected by the assignee, through his subsequent attorneys, upon…
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