Legal Opinion
Syracuse Engineering Co. v. Haight
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 4, 1940No. 230PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
The appellant herein, a creditor having a judgment lien against Julian S. Brown, appeals from Brown’s adjudication as an involuntary bankrupt on the grounds (1) that there were not three petitioning creditors with provable claims and (2) that the alleged bankrupt was not insolvent.
The creditors of Julian S. Brown have been fighting over his considerable estate for nine years. Brown himself is not disposed to help them; with an annual income in excess of $20,000 under a trust, their efforts to tie up his other assets have not proven too embarrassing to him. An attempt of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Canute Steamship Co. v. Pittsburgh & West Virginia Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Grandison v. National Bank of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- Stern v. PaperDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1910
- Ungrich v. UngrichNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Paper v. SternCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Vandergrift EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
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