In re Superior Jewelry Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the Superior Jewelry Company; alleged bankrupt. On motion to. confirm report of referee recommending dismissal of petition. The facts have been stipulated as follows: “1. That the Superior Jewelry Company is a New York corporation, having been incorporated on or about the 2d day of May, 1914, and that its laist office for the transaction of business was at 87 Nassau street, in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York.
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In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the Superior Jewelry Company; alleged bankrupt. On motion to. confirm report of referee recommending dismissal of petition. The facts have been stipulated as follows: “1. That the Superior Jewelry Company is a New York corporation, having been incorporated on or about the 2d day of May, 1914, and that its laist office for the transaction of business was at 87 Nassau street, in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York. “2. That heretofore, and on or about the 15th day of February, 1916, Messrs. Teitelbaum & Whiteboók, the answering creditors, recovered…
1Opinion of the CourtMayer, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The motion is to confirm the report of the referee in, bankruptcy, who has recommended that the adjudication in bankruptcy be denied and the petition dismissed. The sole act of bankruptcy alleged is that:
“The above-named alleged bankrupt, witbin four months next preceding tbe filing of this petition, permitted, while insolvent, a creditor to obtain a preference through legal proceedings, and did not, five days before a, sale of the property affected by sucb preference, vacate or discharge same.”
[ 1 ] The petitioning creditors contend that, irrespective of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bardes v. Hawarden BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Metcalf v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Freedman's Savings & Trust Co. v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- M'Dermutt v. StrongNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
- Home Bank v. J. B. Brewster & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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