Legal Opinion
Davis v. Jacobs
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 22, 1929No. 2350PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge.
The bankrupt is the wife of Nathan Davis. A business was being carried on in her name under a married woman’s certificate required under the laws of Massachusetts. The entire charge and conduct of the business, however, was left to her husband, who contracted obligations in her name as her agent.
On or about March 12,1927, Mary I. Da*937vis and her husband, Nathan Davis, each filed separate petitions in bankruptcy, and each was in due course adjudged a bankrupt.
Several years before the filing of his petition, her husband transferred to her three policies of life insurance,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gilpin v. Merchants' Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1908
- Hardie v. Swafford Bros. Dry Goods Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1908
- In re RosenfeldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
- In re KernerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- W. S. Peck Co. v. LowenbeinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1910
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Pittsburgh National Bank v. Dee (In Re Dee)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Wilmington Trust Co. v. L. Gene Jarrell (In re L. Gene Jarrell)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 1991
- Williams v. Riddle (In Re Riddle)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 1980
- In re GouldDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1939
- In re LevyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
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