Legal Opinion
Grubb v. General Contract Purchase Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 7, 1937PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
The trustee in bankruptcy of William P. Smith Company, Inc., brought an action at law to recover $37,500, alleged to have been received by the defendant as a voidable preference. The $37,500 was made up of three sums — $25,000 received on May 15, 1935, and $6,000 and $6,500 received on May 18, 1935. A jury was waived.
Down to the time of bankruptcy on June 6, 1935, the bankrupt was a corporation engaged in selling automobiles -at Wassaic, N. Y., under the guidance of William P. Smith. Whatever chances it had of successful continuance in business were ruined by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- National Bank of Newport v. National Herkimer County Bank of Little FallsSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- First Nat. Bank of Danville v. PhalenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1932
- In Re Zaferis Bros. & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933
- Crosby v. PackerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1927
- Foster v. Bank of AbingdonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia · 1894
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- Lingley v. Stuart Shaines, Inc. (In Re Acme-Dunham Inc.)District Court, D. Maine · 1985
- In Re MoskowitzUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Paul F. Kapela v. Samuel NewmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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