Allen v. Forbis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Petition to Revise an Order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. In the matter of Fred Dorr, bankrupt. On petition by Carroll Allen, trustee, to review an order of the referee denying- the trustee’s petition to reconsider a claim of John J. Forbis.
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Petition to Revise an Order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. In the matter of Fred Dorr, bankrupt. On petition by Carroll Allen, trustee, to review an order of the referee denying- the trustee’s petition to reconsider a claim of John J. Forbis. A petition is presented for the revision of an order of the District Court affirming the order of the referee in' bankruptcy denying the petition of the trustee to reconsider the claim of the respondent which had. theretofore been allowed. The respondent had filed his claim for 87,312.89 against the…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The referee allowed the claim of the respondent and thereafter denied the petition of the trustee to reconsider the same, holding that the provision of the statute of Montana (section 8416) subjecting to a penalty "any person conducting any brokerage business, bucket shop or office where grain stocks or securities of any kind are sold on margins” did-not render the respondent’s claim illegal as based upon a contract prohibited by law, and so held upon the consideration that the purpose and aim of the statute in which that provision is found was to…
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