Legal Opinion
In re Pettingill & Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 18, 1905No. 8,742PublishedCited by 24 opinions
In Bankruptcy. On review of decision of referee with respect to certain claims.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, Circuit Judge.
Pettingill, styled Pettingill & Co., an advertising agent, was indebted for advertising Greene’s Nervura to the creditor, publisher of a newspaper. This indebtedness Pettingill had agreed to pay in four equal parts, in October, 1901, April and October, 1902, and April, 1903. On August 31, 1901, Pettingill sent a signed circular to the creditor, in which, after eulogizing the prospects of Nervura, he proceeded:
“Instead of deferring final settlement of the Dr. Greene business for the year past, until April, 1903, as arranged for in our contract with you, we propose to turn…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Roehm v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Dunbar v. DunbarSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Swarts v. Fourth National BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Riggin v. MagwireSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Hutchinson v. DeeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1901
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. New York City Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
- In re Roth & AppelCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
- In re NeffCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1907
- Thorn v. BrowneCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919
- In re Inman & Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1909
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