Legal Opinion
Boyd v. Merz
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 1, 1930No. 57PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
Franz Merz, who carried on business under the trade-name of the Merz Worsted Mills, with a factory in Philadelphia, and a sales office in New York, was adjudicated a bankrupt in 1927. The bankrupt’s son, Waller Merz, helped him with office details and io some extent with sales of merchandise. Upon the return of the son from the war, his father said: “Son, here is a gift of $7,500.” The mode of making the gift was by crediting on the books of the Merz Worsted Mills an advance by Franz Merz to C. A. Ardfmordt & Co., the factors of the mills. In addition to this…
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