Legal Opinion
Abrams v. Eby
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1923No. 2138PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The appeal is from a decree of the District Court, affirming the report of the referee and disallowing the *2claim of Michael A. Abrams for $2,000 against tire bankrupt estate of Frank M. Young. The facts set out in the report of the referee are not in dispute. For the purposes of the appeal they may be somewhat condensed.
Beginning probably in the early part of 1919, and continuing until bankruptcy in October, 1922, Young conducted in Baltimore a “blind pool:” He induced customers to pay to him for this enterprise various sums of money. For each payment he issued a receipt,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bardes v. Hawarden BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Searle v. Mechanics' Loan & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1918
- Lowell v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1922
- Dalton v. HumphreysCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1917
3Cited by33 opinions
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- Merrill v. Abbott (In Re Independent Clearing House Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1984
- In Re TaubmanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 1993
- State v. CarboneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
- State v. DilleySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
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