In re Obergfoll
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. In the matter of Charles L. Obergfoll, bankrupt. Petition by the American Bluestone Company to revise an order of the District Court.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
It appears that the American Bluestone Company brought suit in the Municipal Court of the City of New York on a note given by the petitioner, and that the suit was determined in its favor on October 5, 1908.
Thereafter on February 18, 1915, a garnishee order was entered in the Supreme Court of New York which directed the paymaster of the city to withhold weekly 10 per cent, of the petitioner’s earnings.
In pursuance of the order, tire sheriff of New York county levied on the salary due the bankrupt from the city of New York the sum of 10 per cent., and that amount of his…
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