In re Crawford
District Court, E.D. Michigan
[On certificate of register in bankruptcy.] At Detroit, in said district, on the 2Sth April, 1870. Before Mr. Hovey K. Clarke, Register: I, the above named register, do hereby certify that in the course of proceedings before'me at this date, in the above bankruptcy, Milton H. Butler offered his deposition to prove his claim against said bankrupt’s estate.
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[On certificate of register in bankruptcy.] At Detroit, in said district, on the 2Sth April, 1870. Before Mr. Hovey K. Clarke, Register: I, the above named register, do hereby certify that in the course of proceedings before'me at this date, in the above bankruptcy, Milton H. Butler offered his deposition to prove his claim against said bankrupt’s estate. The deposition shows that the claim originated in the indorsement to the claimant, by said bankrupt, [Francis Crawford,] of a promissory note which became due on the 23d day of April, 1869; that the bankrupt was duly charged by notice, and…
1Opinion of the Court
LONGYEAR, District Judge.
Milton H. Butler held the bankrupt’s indorsement upon which his liability had become fixed, and a suit in a court of law had been commenced, and was pending at the time the petition for adjudication of bankruptcy was filed. Upwards of eight months intervened between the time of filing the petition and the adjudication, and in the meantime Butler had gone on and taken judgment. He now asks to have his judgment proven against the bankrupt’s estate, and makes a full showing of all the facts in relation to his claim as above stated. Two objections are urged to his…
2Cited by1 opinion
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