Legal Opinion
In re H. Hicks & Son, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 21, 1935PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULBERT, District Judge.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed on April 25, 1933, and an order of adjudication was entered on May 5, 1933.
Schedules, verified by Mrs. Downs, the president of the bankrupt, were filed on June 13, 1933, in which the total liabilities were listed at about $27,000-odd.
On July 6, 1933, the assets were sold by the referee for the sum of $7,000 in cash and a waiver by creditors participating in their purchase of claims aggregating about $12,000.
On July 10, 1933, Hicks-Downs Realty Company, Inc., of which Mrs. Downs was also president, assigned an alleged…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ohio Valley Bank Co. v. MackCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906
- In re Watertown Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
- In re Castle Braid Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1906
- Shelton Holding Corp. v. 150 East Forty-Eighth Street Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1934
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