Knappenburg v. Rowan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. In the matter of John H. Reilly and Thomas P. Reilly, individually and as copartners under the firm name and style of Reilly Bros., bankrupts. From an order requiring James A. Rowan to pay the-balance of purchase price bid for the bankrupts’ assets, Rowan appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. In the matter of John H. Reilly and Thomas P. Reilly, individually and as copartners under the firm name and style of Reilly Bros., bankrupts. From an order requiring James A. Rowan to pay the-balance of purchase price bid for the bankrupts’ assets, Rowan appeals. An order in bankruptcy was made requiring appellant, a purchaser at a sale of the assets of the bankrupts, to pay the balance of the pur - chase price on the bid made by him for such assets. This appeal is from the order.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
Reilly Bros, were adjudicated bankrupts, and their assets, consisting, among other things, of card records, were sold by the trustee appointed in bankruptcy proceedings, at public auction. The appellant, James A. Rowan, was the highest bidder, and his bid was accepted. He refused to pay the balance of the purchase price. Thereupon the trustee obtained an order to show cause, returnable before the District Court on May 15, 1916, requiring him to show cause why he should not pay the balance of the purchase price, as he bid, for these card records. The card records…
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