Legal Opinion

Union Trust Co. v. Bulkeley

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 18, 1907No. 1,564PublishedCited by 32 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Rastern District of Michigan. The following is the opinion of the District Court by Swan, District Judge: Macauley was adjudicated a bankrupt on his own petition November 23, 1904. The petitioner is his brother-in-law and resides in Connecticut The bankrupt had been engaged in business in Detroit for several years.

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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Rastern District of Michigan. The following is the opinion of the District Court by Swan, District Judge: Macauley was adjudicated a bankrupt on his own petition November 23, 1904. The petitioner is his brother-in-law and resides in Connecticut The bankrupt had been engaged in business in Detroit for several years. He had received financial aid in starting in business from his father-in-law, the petitioner's father, who died in November, 1902, leaving a last will and testament in which be required repayment…

1Opinion of the Court

SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.

Richard H. Macauley, who had been engaged in millinery business in Detroit since January 15, 1901, was in November, 1904, on his own petition, adjudged a bankrupt. The Union Trust Company was appointed receiver, and on December 21, 1904, was elected trustee. There came into its hands as trustee book accounts and bills receivable of the bankrupt of an appraised value of $11,000. On May 24, 1905, the appellee, Bulkeley, a resident of Hartford, Conn., and a brother-in-law of the bankrupt, filed a petition in the bankruptcy court, alleging that these accounts and bills…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McDonald v. DaskamCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1902
  2. Wilder v. WattsDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1905
  3. Draper v. FletcherMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Fisher v. ZollingerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906
  5. In re BurnstineDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1903

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Union Trust Co. of Maryland v. TownshendCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1939
  2. Young v. GarrettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
  3. Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. WitmireCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
  4. Cumberland Portland Cement Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1953
  5. Voltz v. Treadway & MarlattCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932

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