In re Hopper-Morgan Co.
District Court, N.D. New York
In Bankruptcy. Proceeding • to review the decision of referee in bankruptcy disallowing the claim of the Robertson Paper Company on a promissory note of $2,500, dated July 25, 1905. ' No payment had been made on said note, and the claim is for the face thereof, with interest.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District' Judge.
The bankrupt, the Hopper-Morgan Company, is a manufacturing corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of New York. The claimant, Robertson Paper Company, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Vermont.
Prior to July 25, 1905, the treasurer of the bankrupt company, one Roger Morgan, without authority from the company, issued and delivered to one Trautwine a number of notes purporting to be the notes of the company, upon the agreement that they were to be used as collateral only and for the accommodation of the Emerson…
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