Legal Opinion
Roche v. New Hampshire Nat. Bank
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 14, 1951No. 4585_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant, entered by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, in a suit by a trustee in bankruptcy to recover from the defendant bank .a payment made by the bankrupt in the sum of $1010.00, alleged to have been a voidable preference. The action was tried .to a jury.
The only substantial question the jury had before it was whether or not the defendant creditor had reasonable cause to believe that the bankrupt was insolvent at the time of the payment. It may be assumed that the other elements of a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Marsh v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Alan B. Miller, Trustee in Bankruptcy of American Ibc Corp., Bankrupt v. Wells Fargo Bank International Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Harold E. Harrington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Roger Johnson v. A/s Ivarans RederiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Dawn M. Cochrane v. William QuattrocchiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Service Auto Supply Co. Of Puerto Rico v. Harte & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
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