Whitla & Nelson v. Boyd
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Petition for Revision of Proceedings of. the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Idaho; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of the Lane Lumber Company, a corporation. On petition of Whitla & Nelson, attorneys for the bankrupt, to revise in matter of law a certain order of the District Court (206 Fed. 780) allowing in part petitioners’ claim for services rendered to the bankrupt.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
[1] This being a petition to revise, under the provisions of section 24b of the Bankruptcy Act, the judgment of the District Court reversing, with directions, an order made by the referee in bankruptcy, questions of law only can be considered. It is doubtful whether it can be properly said that any such are before us; but, since there is some doubt, we overrule the motion to dismiss and consider the case upon its merits.
The demand of the petitioners, who are attorneys at law, was for services claimed to have been rendered the bankrupt. The demand was itemized; the first…
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