In re Booss
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. Sur trustee’s claim to insurance policy. The following is the certificate of Referee in Bankruptcy Richard S. Hunter: To the Honorable the Judges of the District Court: The referee hereby certifies under general order No. 27 and upon request of counsel for trustee: (1) That claim was made by the trustee to a certain insurance policy taken out by the bankrupt in the Provident Life & Trust Company, providing for the payment of $2,000 to the bankrupt upon March…
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In Bankruptcy. Sur trustee’s claim to insurance policy. The following is the certificate of Referee in Bankruptcy Richard S. Hunter: To the Honorable the Judges of the District Court: The referee hereby certifies under general order No. 27 and upon request of counsel for trustee: (1) That claim was made by the trustee to a certain insurance policy taken out by the bankrupt in the Provident Life & Trust Company, providing for the payment of $2,000 to the bankrupt upon March 6, 1917, provided that he should be living at that date, but in the event of his decease before that date, then to pay…
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, District Judge.
We approve the conclusions of the referee in this case. While we think every facility and opportunity should be afforded parties interested in bankrupt estates to- present their evidence in support, of contentions in which they may be interested, there is a limit beyond which it would be impracticable and imprudent to go. After a party has had an opportunity to call and examine his witnesses and the matter is closed, unless there is some especial reason for it, the referee should not be expected to again open the case. A party cannot be permitted to reopen a case…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Holden v. StrattonSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
3Cited by13 opinions
- In re HerrDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1910
- Provident Trust Co. v. RothmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- In re JohnsonDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1910
- In re Jamison Bros. & Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1915
- In re ShoemakerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1915
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