In re William Hill & Sons
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In the matter of William Hill & Sons, bankrupts. On review of .an order of Referee Alfred Driver on a claim to surplus funds.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
William Hill was a member of the bankrupt firm. Since March, 1896, the firm had been a depositor and borrower in the Southwark National Bank, and owed the bank about $10,000 when the petition was filed. William Hill individually had also been a depositor and borrower; his separate transactions beginning in November, 1904. When the petition was filed his individual debt was $4,800, and for this sum the bank held certain stock'and *570two- policies, of life insurance as collateral security. The stock has been-sold., and the proceeds properly applied. The policies…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hallowell v. Blackstone National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Bank of Buffalo v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Soisson v. First Nat. Bank of PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1910
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- Molson's Bank v. HoekzemaMichigan Supreme Court · 1927