In re Fenn
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Vermont. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Frederick Fenn. From an order of the Vermont District Court, sitting in bankruptcy, affirming a referee’s order disallowing a claim of the Garrett-Williams Company for liquor sold to the bankrupt, it appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
Eenn, the bankrupt, was a druggist in Rutland, Vt., where he had duly qualified under the Vermont statutes as a retail liquor dealer. The Garrett-Williams Company is engaged in the wholesale liquor business in Baltimore, Md., and the claim is for liquors sold to Fenn from May to July, 1907. As to all the items save Exhibit B, the referee held that all the sales to Fenn were “in violation of the law of the state of Vermont and therefore illegal and claim therefor is disallowed.” As to Exhibit B, he held that the sale to Fenn was “under contract partly made in this state…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bancroft v. DumasSupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
- Gaylord v. SoragenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1859
- Aiken v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont · 1849
- Buck v. AlbeeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
- Starace v. RossiSupreme Court of Vermont · 1897
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