Legal Opinion
In re Davis
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 24, 1901PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Bankruptcy. On, motion to confirm report, of referee allowing a recovery of goods sold the bankrupt on the ground that they were obtained by false, representations.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
The bankrupt in this case, on the nth day of February, 1901, purchased some goods from Billings, King & Co., a domestic corporation.. On the 5th day of March, 1901, he filed his petition in bankruptcy. The vendors subsequently petitioned for a return of the goods, which were identified in the possession of the trustee, upon the allegations:
“That on or about the 15th day of February, 1901, at the city of New York, in order to induce your petitioner to sell to him the goods hereinafter mentioned, said James IV. Davis, said bankrupt, falsely and fraudulently represented to…
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