Legal Opinion
In Re Woodworth
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 11, 1936PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
Woodworth was an attorney practising in the New York courts. In 1932 he was retained by the Nyack National Bank & Trust Company to institute suit on certain claims held by it, his compensation to be one-third of any recovery on the claims. Woodworth commenced suit in the bank’s behalf in the New York Supreme Court. The case had not been reached for trial, however, when an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against Woodworth on May 18, 1935. He was later adjudicated bankrupt, and a trustee was appointed who took possession of his property and papers. In…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Matter of TillmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Robinson v. . RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Sargent v. . McLeodNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Woodbury v. Andrew Jergens Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Davenport v. WaggonerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1926
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Sympson v. RogersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
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