Legal Opinion

In re Gerry

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided January 13, 1902No. 672PublishedCited by 5 opinions

In Bankruptcy. Certificate of referee disallowing claim of Frederick Wilkins.

1Opinion of the Court

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The claimant is the owner of a municipal lien against two pieces of real estate formerly belonging to the ..bankrupt, and, the property having been sold to> Christopher Fallon for cash, payment of the lien is asked out of the proceeds of sale. The learned referee disallowed the claim upon the ground “that the lien, not being a personal obligation of the bankrupt, is not collectible from the estate.” Without intimating an opinion upon the correctness of this reason, I think the action of the referee was clearly right upon another ground. The land hound by the…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Keyser v. WesselCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1904
  2. In re BowenDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. In re KlapholzDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1902
  4. McFarlin v. McFarlinDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1915
  5. In re SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1903

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