Legal Opinion
In re Wasself
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 13, 1931No. 49556PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtWoolsey, J.
The petition to review is dismissed, and the order below thereby sought to be reviewed is affirmed.
I. It is common ground that the assignment which supports the successful claim of Schwartz below was made May 15, 1928, more than twenty-six months before this bankruptcy proceeding was brought, and is not a document which depends on filing for its validity against third persons.
II. The law of New York would, of course, apply. Benedict v. Ratner, 268 U. S. 353, 359, 45 S. Ct. 566, 69 L. Ed. 991.
The assignment is- an unconditional assignment to Schwartz, made as of May 15, 1928, of a contingent…
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