Legal Opinion

In re Baird

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided January 13, 1902No. 852PublishedCited by 11 opinions

In Bankruptcy.

1Opinion of the Court

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

It is certainly not the duty of a trustee to litigate every question that may be called to his notice by the creditors, however frivolous or apparently lacking in support it may be. On the other hand, he should not be permitted, by-requiring indemnity in every instance against the costs and expenses of a suit, to cast the risk of controversy upon the particular creditor who may request him to undertake it. A general rule upon this subject would be very difficult to lay down, and I shall not essay the enterprise. It may be safely said, however, that if a trustee…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. In Re MartinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
  2. Mele v. First Colony Life Ins. Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1991
  3. In Re MelenyzerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · 1992
  4. In re Columbia Iron WorksDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1904
  5. Giuliano v. Schnabel (In re DSI Renal Holdings, LLC)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 2017

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