Legal Opinion
In re Crowell
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 31, 1912No. 16,628PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the bankruptcy proceedings of William N. Crowell. On petition for review of referee’s order dismissing petition of the A. Homer Skinner Lumber Company for an order requiring the trustee to pay certain taxes.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
On February 8, 1911, the referee authorized the trustee to sell certain real estate in the town of Somerset which formed part of this estate in bankruptcy, “free from any incumbrance or lien of any other party.” The trustee published notice of this intended sale, to take place March 25, 1911. The publication was on various dates in March, 1911, prior to the 25th. There were four separate lots to be sold. The notice published contained the following:
“By order of the United States court each lot will be sold separately and will be sold free from any incumbrance or lien of…
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- Swarts v. HammerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
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