Keith v. Kilmer
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from tlie District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Jr., Judge. In the matter of National Piano Company, bankrupt. Charles H. Keith, trustee, appeals from an order allowing claim of Frederick M. Kilmer.
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the trustee in bankruptcy of the National Piano Company, a Maine corporation, from an order of the District Court reversing the referee and allowing the claim of Kilmer in the sum of $31,800. Kilmer’s claim is based upon the breach of an alleged contract dated February 3, 1913, between him and the corporation, for the purchase from him at par of 318 shares of the bankrupt’s capital stock in installments of 3 shares a mouth, beginning on July 1, 1916. The corporation was adjudicated a bankrupt in June, 1916.
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