Legal Opinion
In re The Literary Digest, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 10, 1939No. 363PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
In March, 1938, The Literary Digest, Inc., originally incorporated under the name of Review of Reviews Corporation, filed a voluntary petition under section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act. In May, 1938, the corporation was adjudged insolvent and liquidation was ordered. Thereafter Dr. Albert Shaw filed a proof of claim as a creditor which was allowed in the sum of $140,500. The trustee of the debtor has appealed. Whether allowance of the claim was correct turns upon the interpretation and legal effect of the language used in the documents upon which the claim is based.
It is…
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