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MATTER OF STEELSHIP CORP.

No. 77-1735.

576 F.2d 128 (1978)

In the Matter of STEELSHIP CORPORATION, Bankrupt. VILAS AND SOMMER INC., Appellant, v. Emon MAHONY, Jr., Trustee, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1978.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Harris Jones, Pine Bluff, Ark., for appellant; Jones & Petty, Pine Bluff, Ark., on the brief.

Emon A. Mahony, Jr., Fort Smith, Ark., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROSS, Circuit Judge.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Vilas and Sommer Inc. (V&S) seeks to recover a brokerage fee for services rendered in procuring a buyer for the assets of SteelShip Corporation, which, on June 8, 1976, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The district court affirmed an order of the bankruptcy referee sustaining the trustee's objection to the claim filed by V&S. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse.

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