Legal Opinion

Meyers v. Josephson

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 20, 1903No. 1,231PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. In Bankruptcy. On petition to superintend and revise, in matter of law, bankruptcy proceedings in the District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

1Per curiam

We have given this petition careful and attentive consideration, and therefore now, at this time, considering that the insurance policies on the life of the bankrupt, Josephson, were onerous contracts which, in the interest of the bankruptcy estate, might well have been abandoned by the trustees; that the trustees, by failing to provide for the premiums falling due on the 24th of March, 1901, and otherwise by failing to have said policies appraised and sold with the assets of the estate, and in permitting the policies to be delivered to the bankrupt, substantially abandoned said onerous…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re WebbCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932
  2. In Re MalcomDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1943
  3. Gould v. New York Life InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1904
  4. Murray Mitchell Building Supply Co. v. Burch Co. (In Re Burch Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Carolina · 1983
  5. Webb v. Raleigh Hardware Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932

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