Legal Opinion
In re Matthews
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 25, 1916No. 2133PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Thos. G. Haight, Judge. In the matter of Ambrose Matthews & Co., an alleged bankrupt. From a decree dismissing their petition in bankruptcy (229 Fed. 309), the petitioning creditors appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
[1] This is an appeal by the petitioning creditors from a decree dismissing their petition in bankruptcy. *540The reasons of the district judge will be found in 229 Fed. 309; and we agree with so much of his opinion as upholds the view that the writing in question is not an assignment for the benefit of. creditors, either under the federal law or the law of New Jersey. The instrument in full is as follows:
“We, the undersigned, shareholders and directors of the Ambrose Matthews & Company (body corporate), do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Mary Wooster Sutton, of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Ambrose Matthews & Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1916
3Cited by5 opinions
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