In re Merrill & Baker
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Xu the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Merrill & Baker. From an order modifying a referee’s decision with reference to the allowance of claims of Walter M. Jackson, so as to expunge the same, claimant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Xu the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Merrill & Baker. From an order modifying a referee’s decision with reference to the allowance of claims of Walter M. Jackson, so as to expunge the same, claimant appeals. Affirmed on opinion of Hough, District Judge, which is as follows: The legal questions before the referee and this court are covered by a stipulation as to the facts embracing many matters qnite immaterial to a clear statement of the problem presented. What is material seems to me this: Mr.…
1Per curiam
The order is affirmed on the decision of the district judge. The difficulty with appellant’s careful and extended argument as to the relations of the parties is that the contracts of loan and the contracts of indemnity are all in writing, precisely expressed and free from any ambiguity.
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