CONNELLY v. HANCOCK, DORR, RYAN & SHOVE

No. 157, Docket 22218.

195 F.2d 864 (1952)

CONNELLY v. HANCOCK, DORR, RYAN & SHOVE et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Sovik, Syracuse, N. Y. (William J. Mackay and Smith & Sovik, all of Syracuse, N. Y., on the brief), for appellant.

Morris Berman and Gerald H. Henley, both of Syracuse, N. Y. (Hancock, Dorr, Ryan & Shove, Syracuse, N. Y., on the brief), for petitioning and intervening petitioning creditors, appellees.

Joseph I. Butler, Syracuse, N. Y. (A. J. & A. P. Oot, Syracuse, N. Y., on the brief), for A. J. & A. P. Oot and Frank J. Cregg, Jr., trustee, appellees.

Before SWAN, Chief Judge, and CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

We have for review on this appeal certain allowances to counsel for petitioning and intervening petitioning creditors, and for the attorneys for the trustee, made from the bankrupt estate of Julian S. Brown. Brown's financial affairs have long been a bone of contention and a fruitful source of litigation in Syracuse. Beginning in 1929 with an inheritance from his father there followed a state court receivership and an abortive proceeding in bankruptcy...

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