Farwell v. Raddin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for goods sold and delivered, and on a promissory note. Answer, that the defendant filed in the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts a petition to be adjudicated a bankrupt, and a petition for a meeting of his creditors to act upon a composition of his debts proposed by him; that such meeting was duly called and held, and a resolution accepting the proposed composition duly accepted by the requisite number and amount of his creditors…
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Contract for goods sold and delivered, and on a promissory note. Answer, that the defendant filed in the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts a petition to be adjudicated a bankrupt, and a petition for a meeting of his creditors to act upon a composition of his debts proposed by him; that such meeting was duly called and held, and a resolution accepting the proposed composition duly accepted by the requisite number and amount of his creditors and recorded by order of that court; that the amount of the debt due the plaintiffs, and their names and address, were…
1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.
ruled, proforma, that the plaintiffs, if they proved these facts, were not entitled to maintain this action, ordered a *8verdict for the defendant, and reported the case to this court, according to whose opinion on this question judgment was to be entered on the verdict or a new trial ordered.
G. H. Towle, for the plaintiffs. R. M. Morse, Jr. & R. Stone, Jr., for the defendant.
Gray, C. J. The U. S. St. of June 22, 1874, § 17, which defines the power of the District Court of the United States over proceedings of composition in bankruptcy, provides that, “ if it shall at any time appear to the…
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