Legal Opinion
In re Ellis
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided July 29, 1924No. 9940PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
The wife of the bankrupt, Willis C. Ellis, claims to be in rightful possession of a certain Equitable Life Assurance policy issued to her husband February 18,1911; that her claim thereto is adverse to the trustee, and not colorable; that under section 52 of the Domestic Relations Law of the state of New York (Consol. Laws, c. 14) the said policy is exempt, and no part thereof remains to the bankrupt under the provisions of section 70a of the Bankruptcy Act (Comp. St. § 9654).
The referee, in his opinion, has ably and exhaustively examined the law bearing upon the various…
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- In re BaconCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
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