Legal Opinion

Thomson v. Poor

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 8, 1895PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.

The only question now before us is whether, in proceedings for a composition in an insolvency case, the *27debtor, if dissatisfied with the allowance of a claim against his estate, has a right to appeal to the Superior Court.

M. F. Dickinson, Jr. £ S. Williston, for the defendants. W. A. Knowlton, for the plaintiff.

¡Nowhere in the statutes is such a right given to the insolvent debtor. By Pub. Sts. c. 157, § 36, an appeal is given to a supposed creditor whose claim is wholly or in part rejected, and to an assignee who is dissatisfied with the allowance of a claim. This section is one of those…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Jordan v. PalmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
  2. Van Ingen v. BealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896

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