U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1913

Jefferson County Savings Bank v. Cowan

Jefferson County Savings Bank v. Cowan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided March 4, 1913 · Newman, Pardee, Shelby
202 F. 1022; 120 C.C.A. 663; 1913 U.S. App. LEXIS 1102

Jefferson County Savings Bank v. Cowan

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

On the facts appearing in the record, commissions were properly allowed the trustee on the agreed value of the property turned over to the mortgage creditor. For the payment of costs, and notwithstanding the agreement between the trustee and the mortgage creditor, the rent collected for the use of the mortgaged property prior to surrender of the same constituted a part of the general estate of the bankrupt. Petition denied.

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