Legal Opinion
In Re Spagat
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 22, 1933No. 58274PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
The referee restrained a creditor from taking steps in the state court to enforce orders under which the bankrupt Spagat was adjudged in contempt and fined.
Spagat had executed general assignments for the benefit of creditors in December, 1932. Waldbaum, a creditor, then obtained from the New York Supreme Court an order directing Spagat to show cause why he should not be examined under section 16 of the Debtor and Creditor Law (Consol. Laws N. Y. c. 12). Examinations of this character are authorized under the state law. Spagat did not appear on the return day and an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gross v. Irving Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- In re HallDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1909
- In re Louis Neuburger, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- In re KoronskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
- People ex rel. Otterstedt v. Sheriff of Kings CountyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1913
3Cited by23 opinions
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- Dock C-Food Ltd. v. Cherry (In Re Cherry)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Dumas v. Atwood (In Re Dumas)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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