Legal Opinion

In re Dix

District Court, N.D. New York

Decided May 5, 1920PublishedCited by 4 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of John A. Dix, bankrupt. Order of the referee, allowing the claim of the Glens Palls Trust Company,

1Opinion of the Court

LEARNED HAND, District Judge.

In this case the referee has found that the transaction of June 1 and 2, 1915, was intended to give new security for Dix’s obligations, within the meatiing of the Bankruptcy Act (Comp. St. § 9585 et seq.). He has found, also, that the Iroquois shares were Dix’s, of which there is no doubt. He has not expressly found that the bank knew that the shares were Dix’s, but he seems to imply as much. His allowance of the claim rests upon two findings: First, that there was no proof of insolvency; second, that there was no proof that the shares were intended to secure any…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Swarts v. SiegelCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  2. In re LyonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1903
  3. Livingstone v. HeinemanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
  4. In re Abraham Steers Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1901
  5. In re Abraham Steers Lumber Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1901

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Willcox v. GoessCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
  2. The Fort OrangeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1933
  3. City Bank Farmers' Trust Co. v. Hudson River Navigation Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1933
  4. In re K. G. Whitfield & Bro.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1921

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