Legal Opinion
In re Searles
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 18, 1948No. 128, Docket 20815PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises an interesting question concerning the distribution of unclaimed dividends in a bankrupt’s estate closed many years ago.
The facts are as follows: Searles was adjudicated bankrupt in 1901; 12 years later a first and final dividend of 7.04 per cent, was declared on allowed claims; dividend checks totaling $1,445.84 were never presented by the creditors in whose favor they were drawn. In 1915 the trustee paid the unclaimed dividends into court as required by section 66, sub. a of the Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 106 sub. a, filed his final report and obtained an!…
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