Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Lawyers Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 15, 1940No. 174PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, Circuit Judge.
Martin Conroy & Sons, Inc., on June 30, 1937 filed petition to reorganize under section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U. S.C.A. § 207. The plaintiff was later appointed trustee of the estate and was ordered to liquidate it as in ordinary bankruptcy. For the purposes of the present case the situation was as if the debtor had filed voluntary petition in bankruptcy on June 30, 1937 and the plaintiff had been appointed trustee in bankruptcy.
The debtor was engaged in the plastering business. On March 21, 1934 it borrowed $10,000 from the defendant. Payments in reduction of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sexton v. Kessler & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- O'CONNOR v. LudlamCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- Dalziel v. RosenfeldNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- First Nat. Bank of Lake Charles v. LanzCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1913
- Irving Trust Co. v. KaminskyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1937
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- Fleming v. RichterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Todarelli v. Visigraph TypeWriter Mfg. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1940
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