In re Bruce
District Court, S.D. New York
In bankruptcy. In this case, the register certified to the court that a claim which had been presented, for the rent of certain premises, was objected to by the bankrupt [Cos-more G. Bruce], on the ground that he did not rent the premises for the time claimed; that the facts were, that the bankrupt hired the premises on May 1, 1871, and about July 1, 1871, he sold out his business to his brother, and surrendered the premises to him, but paid the rent for August and September…
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In bankruptcy. In this case, the register certified to the court that a claim which had been presented, for the rent of certain premises, was objected to by the bankrupt [Cos-more G. Bruce], on the ground that he did not rent the premises for the time claimed; that the facts were, that the bankrupt hired the premises on May 1, 1871, and about July 1, 1871, he sold out his business to his brother, and surrendered the premises to him, but paid the rent for August and September to the landlord’s agent, and in December told the agent to relet the premises, and he would be accountable for the rent…
1Concurrence
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
I concur in the conclusion of the register.
The register also certified that a claim presented by Samuel H. Johnson as a creditor had been objected to by the bankrupt, as being founded on an indorsement of a note by the bankrupt, for which he received no consideration; that it appeared that a few days before the date of the note, Hogel, the maker of the note, and the bankrupt, made an agreement that the bankrupt should furnish said maker with money to take out a patent, and that the bankrupt was to pay the expense of taking it out; that the note, indorsed by the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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