James E. Ware & Son v. Griffin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Joseph Cross, Judge. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Halstead' & Co. From an order reversing a referee’s order, allowing in part the claim of James E. Ware & Son (204 Fed. 115), they appeal.
1Per curiam
In the bankruptcy in the court below of Halstead & Co., a corporation, Ware & Son, the appellants, presented a claim, inter alia, for services as architect, rendered to Halstead & Co., a partnership. This claim they averred had been assumed by the bankrupt in a written contract between the corporation and the partnership. The referee allowed the part of the claim here in controversy, but his action was reversed by the court below. From a decree so holding Ware & Son appealed to this court. The opinion of the lower court is reported at 204 Fed. 115, by reference to which a restatement of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Halstead & Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1913