United States v. Lewis
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
3 [This was a bill filed by the United States against [Edwin M.] Lewis, the assignee in bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & Co., to subject the assets of the private estates of certain of the bankrupt partners to the payment of the debt due to the United States by the firm of Jay Cooke, McCullough & Co., in which the said bankrupts were partners. The case was heard on bill and answer. A cross bill had also been filed by the trustee.
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3 [This was a bill filed by the United States against [Edwin M.] Lewis, the assignee in bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & Co., to subject the assets of the private estates of certain of the bankrupt partners to the payment of the debt due to the United States by the firm of Jay Cooke, McCullough & Co., in which the said bankrupts were partners. The case was heard on bill and answer. A cross bill had also been filed by the trustee. The bill averred that the United States in September. 1873, at the time of the stoppage of Jay Cooke & Co., were creditors to a large amount of Jay Cooke. McCullough & Co.,…
1Opinion of the Court
STRONG, Circuit Justice.
The bill and answer, together with the cross-bill and answer thereto, reveal the following state of facts: On the 25th day of September, 1873, the London firm of Jay Cooke, McCullough & Co. were indebted to the United States in the sum of one hundred and thirty-two thousand six hundred and ten pounds, nine shillings and eight pence sterling, and the debt remains unpaid. Of that firm, there were at the time mentioned ten partners, three of whom are residents in London, England, and the other seven are residents-in the United States. The seven resident here, were also…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re WilcoxDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1899
- In Re Caswell Const. Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 1926
- Conrader v. CohenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1903
- In re LloydDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1884