NEWPORT v. SAMPSELL

No. 15044.

233 F.2d 944 (1956)

F. P. NEWPORT, Appellant, v. Paul W. SAMPSELL, Trustee in Bankruptcy for the Estate of F. W. Newport Corporation, Ltd., et al., Bankrupt, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Lavine, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Bailie, Turner, Lake & Sprague, Richard A. Turner, Norman A. Bailie, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BONE, ORR and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

We have here a question of compensation for services (and some expenses) in the matter of the estate of the F. P. Newport Corporation, Ltd., which has been in bankruptcy for over twenty years.

Before the adjudication of bankruptcy and until the appointment of a trustee, H. F. Metcalf was the receiver in bankruptcy. After a contest, Metcalf succeeded himself and became the trustee. The appointment for the latter office bears date of...

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