Rosin

This is an appeal from an order, entered in Chapter X corporate reorganization proceedings, denying additional compensation to appellant for legal services allegedly furnished trustees appointed by a state court. Appellant claimed (a) $10,000, less $500 previously allowed by the state court, for services rendered the trustees between May, 1938, and June, 1939, in state court litigation which preceded the Chapter X actions; and (b) $1000 for services rendered the same trustees in the Chapter X proceedings.

The State Court Proceedings

Regarding Rosin’s claim for services prior to September 2, 1938, the stipulation on which the three trustees were appointed in the state court proceedings provides :

In our opinion this justifies the finding of the bankruptcy court that Rosin was not legally employed prior to September 2, 1938, when the state court entered an order authorizing his employment.

With regard to the services claimed to have been rendered in the state court proceedings after September 2, 1938, the court below held that the sum of $500 awarded by the state court was “fair, adequate and reasonable compensation.” Appellant claims that that sum did not pay in full for the…