In re Sugenheimer

BROWN, District Judge.

The referee in charge has certified to the court for decision the question whether certain powers of attorney had been properly executed so as to allow a vote by proxy upon a claim of the firm of George C. Mecke & Co. of Bremen, Germany, against the bankrupt. The creditor firm executed before the United States consul at Bremen on February 12, 1897, a very broad power of attorney, which I find was sufficient to authorize proof of their claim in bankruptcy, and a vote in the bankruptcy proceedings, either by the attorneys, or by their substitutes, if the powers were…