In re Dr. Voorhees Awning Hood Co.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
In the matter of Dr. Voorhees Awning Hood Company, bankrupt. On certificate from W. L. Hill, referee, sur claim of Dr. S. H. Voorhees. The following is the essential part of the referee’s report: Dr. Samuel Herbert Voorhees has filed various affidavits of claim, to which the trustee has filed exceptions.
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In the matter of Dr. Voorhees Awning Hood Company, bankrupt. On certificate from W. L. Hill, referee, sur claim of Dr. S. H. Voorhees. The following is the essential part of the referee’s report: Dr. Samuel Herbert Voorhees has filed various affidavits of claim, to which the trustee has filed exceptions. No one of the affidavits is a complete proof of a claim as required by the bankruptcy law, nor do all of the affidavits taken together constitute such proof, and in the taking of testimony it was understood that the burden of proof was on the plaintiff (Test. p. 245), and that all of the…
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBALD, District Judge.
A claim has been- proved by Dr. S. H. Voorhees, which the referee, on exceptions by the trustee, has allowed in part, but refused as to the rest, and the case is brought here by the claimant to review this action.
[1] The bankrupt corporation was organized fpr the purpose of manufacturing and selling the awnings and awning hoods invented by Dr. Voorhees, for which he held United States letters patent By agreement, December 9, 1905, the company was given the exclusive license to manufacture and sell these awnings within the limits of the United States, under this or any…
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