Legal Opinion

Smyth v. Kaufman

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided August 7, 1940No. 328PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by the trustee in bankruptcy of J. B. Koplik & Co. for the recovery of sums paid to the defendants and allegedly voidable and recoverable by the trustee in bankruptcy as preferences under Section 60, sub. b, of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 96, sub. b. The defendants are the executors under the will of Beccie Baruch, and they were sued both as individuals and in their representative capacity. Judgment was given for the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal.

J. B. Koplik & Co., the bankrupt (hereafter referred to as Koplik), was a…

2Cases cited14 opinions

National Bank of Newport v. National Herkimer County Bank of Little FallsSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
Grubb v. General Contract Purchase CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
Carson v. Federal Reserve BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
Walsh v. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1939
Duell v. BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937

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3Cited by57 opinions

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In Re Chase & Sanborn CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
The Inter-State National Bank of Kansas City v. Frank Luther, Trustee, Matter of Garden Grain & Seed Company, Inc., BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
Robert J. BROWN, Trustee, Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, Appellee. Ark-La Materials, Inc., DebtorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984

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