Legal Opinion

In re Sullivan

District Court, N.D. New York

Decided January 12, 1920PublishedCited by 2 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Peter Sullivan, bankrupt. On motion to vacate stay of suit against bankrupt.

1Opinion of the Court

CHATFIERD, District Judge.

The bankrupt executed a bond in the penal sum of $100 as security for the payment by the bankrupt’s brother of the sum of $10 every two weeks for 10 years to his wife, who had caused his arrest for nonsupport. But one payment was made thereon, and the wife then brought suit against her husband, as principal, and the bankrupt, as surety, upon this bond, upon September 23, 191-9. The bankrupt filed his petition, reciting this bond of $100 as his only debt upon the 16th of October, 1919, and has obtained from the referee in bankruptcy in this district a stay pending…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dunbar v. DunbarSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. In re HubbardDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1899

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In Re Lo GrassoDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1938
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hosey v. HoseySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

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