Legal Opinion
In re Swift
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 21, 1902No. 2,745PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Bankruptcy. On review of decision of referee.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The creditor was a customer of the bankrupts in their business as stockbrokers. The bankrupts had bought, and were carrying for the customer, certain stocks, worth more than the customer’s debt to the bankrupts. These stocks had been pledged by the bankrupts to other creditors. On December 27, 1899, the bankrupts made a general assignment, and the creditor had notice of it at the time it was made. On December 30th the creditor wrote to the bankrupts as follows:
“Dowell, Mass., Dec. 30th, 1899.
“E. O. Hodges & Co.. Exchange Bldg., Boston — Gentlemen: I have on account with…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Galigher v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Hutchinson v. DeeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1901
- Chase v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Weston v. JordanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- In re SwiftDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1900
3Cited by6 opinions
- Burton Schultz v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Incomco, Inc. And Philip M. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Scheuer v. Salmon Weed & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- In re Elmore Cotton MillsDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1914
- Wilson v. Colorado Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Lucente v. International Business MacHines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2000
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