In re McConnell
District Court, N.D. New York
In the matter of Joseph A. McConnell, a bankrupt. On review of the decision of John B. Muzzy, special master, to whom a matter was referred for report with findings of fact and conclusions of law, subject to review.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
In 1902, the bankrupt, Joseph A. McConnell, who is a cousin of said Eliza Carr, had noticed a vacant lot in the city of Watertown which was for sale. He conceived the idea that money could be made by purchasing same and dividing it up into building lots and reselling. He did not have the money with which to purchase. McConnell thereupon went to Eliza Carr and informed her that in his judgment money could be made by purchasing the tract and that it could be divided up into three lots and sold in his opinion for $700 each, and that the property could be purchased for $1,400.…
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