In re National Piano Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
■ In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the National Piano Company, bankrupt. On review of order of referee disallowing claim.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTO'N, District Judge.
The facts are stated in the referee’s certificate. Except as herein otherwise indicated, I agree with his conclusions. It is unnecessary to restate all the somewhat complicated facts, and I shall only refer to such as are significant on the view of the case which seems to me to be the correct one.
By a written contract dated February 3, 1913, and executed in the bankrupt’s name by Jewett, its president,- the bankrupt agreed with the claimant, Kilmer, to purchase- from him 318 shares of its own preferred stock at par. Deliveries were not to begin until July, 1916 (more…
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