MATTHEWS, Justice.
Dennis W. Torrey, the debtor under a state court judgment in favor of Robert E. Hamilton, filed for bankruptcy. Hamilton, in turn, filed an adversary proceeding in Torrey's bankruptcy case. The question presented in this appeal is whether the attorney's fees incurred in the adversary proceeding in bankruptcy are recoverable as "costs of collection" for the original state court judgment. We answer this question in the negative.
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