Youtsey v. Niswonger
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States, for-the Southern District of Ohio; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. .Petition by William H. Youtsey to reopen bankruptcy proceedings after his discharge and settlement of the estate, against George Nis-wonger, trustee in bankruptcy. From an order denying the petition, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner was in the year 1913 adjudged bankrupt on his voluntary petition. He scheduled in connection therewith his real estate as a “fee-tail estate” in a quarter section of land in Miami county, Ohio, “for life only,” and “subject to an in*17choate right of dower” in his wife; also subject to a lease, not here important.
Bankrupt’s interest in the land was derived under the will of his father, who died in 1882. By that will the testator in terms gave a farm to each of his five children; each of four of them, including the bankrupt, being required to pay to the…
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- Constad v. BuellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913
- In re YoutseyDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1916
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