Legal Opinion

In re South Shore Co-operative Ass'n

District Court, W.D. New York

Decided May 20, 1938PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

KNIGHT, District Judge.

This is a petition to review an order made by the Referee in Bankruptcy denying the application of F. G. Spoden and others for an order requiring the trustee in bankruptcy to return to them upwards of $10,000, claimed to have been paid by them to the trustee under a mistake of law.

The South Shore Co-operative Association, Inc. was organized in 1920 in pursuance of the provisions of the Membership Corporations Law (Consol.Laws N.Y.C. 35, Chap. 655, Laws of 1918). Such law provided for the creation of co-operative, associations:

“For mutual help, not having capital stock…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Sanger v. UptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Wisconsin Central Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Hurley v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
  4. In Re Haebler v. . N.Y. Produce ExchangeNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  5. Johnson v. . Albany Susquehanna R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Taggart v. Linn CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1959

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