In re Caldwell
District Court, S.D. Georgia
In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of M. A. Caldwell. On petition to review a referee’s decision refusing to allow the claim of M. M. Caldwell as preferred.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
M. A. Caldwell, a merchant at Wadley, Ga., filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, and was duly adjudged a bankrupt. A trustee was duly elected, and by appropriate orders of the referee the stock of goods of the bankrupt, constituting his whole estate, was sold by the trustee for about the sum of $800. After the sale of the stock of merchandise by the trustee, one M. M. Caldwell, the father of the'bankrupt, filed with the referee a proof of claim, setting up that the bankrupt was indebted to him in the sum of $1,000 upon a promissory note, secured by a mortgage or bill…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Burckhalter v. Planters Loan & Savings BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Pitts v. MaierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Robinson, Norton & Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
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