Legal Opinion
Benjamin Margolis and William McK Shongut, Claimants-Appellants v. Nazareth Fair Grounds & Farmers Market, Inc., Debtor-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 8, 1957No. 24, Docket 24564PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.
The question for decision is whether the equitable powers of a bankruptcy court may be exercised so as to inquire into the validity of claims which have been previously reduced to judgment. The appeals are from a decision and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sugarman, J., which confirmed an order of the referee in bankruptcy disallowing the claims of appellants Margolis and Shongut and directing them to cancel the judgments entered against appellee-debtor. These appeals were argued together and we consider them together as…
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