In re Shaeffer
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. On certificate of referee concerning cirder to sell the bankrupt’s real estate. ¡
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHEBSOK, District Judge.
The evidence laid before the court does not satisfy me of the probability that any sum for the general creditors would be obtained by the sale of the bankrupt’s realty. The estimated value of this property is so near the amount of the bank’s judgment — this being the only lien — that even upon a ;sale made under execution against the bankrupt from the state court, by which his wife’s inchoate right of dower would also be sold, it is doubtful whether more than the amount of the judgment could be had. A sale by the trustee in bankruptcy would not .bar the wife’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Porter v. LazearSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- In re StyerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1899
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