IN RE ORBIT LIQUOR STORE

No. 30756. Summary Calendar.

439 F.2d 1351 (1971)

In the Matter of ORBIT LIQUOR STORE and Orbit Beer and Wine Package Store. Mrs. Pitsa SOTERES, Mr. James P. Soteres, Mr. William T. Crain, Appellants, v. Frank W. SCROGGINS, as Receiver, Trustee, and Attorney for Trustee in Bankruptcy, A. Mims Wilkinson, Jr., as Attorney for Bankrupt, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Baranan, Atlanta, Ga., for appellants.

Frank W. Scroggins, pro se; A. Mims Wilkinson, Jr., pro se and Wilkinson & Nance, Atlanta, Ga., of counsel for appellees.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

In this bankruptcy case the net estate amounted to about $46,000. The principal creditors object to the award of fees of about $8,000 to Frank W. Scroggins who served as Receiver, Trustee and Attorney for himself as Trustee. They object also to fees of $2,000 awarded to A. Mims Wilkinson, Jr., for filing the bankruptcy petition and for alleged extraordinary services to the bankrupts. We remand the case for a hearing and findings that will support...

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