Voorhees v. Bonesteel
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissing a bill filed by one Voorhees, assignee in bankruptcy of John Bonesteel, against the said Bonesteel and Sophia his wife, to get possession of 1145 shares of 'the stock of the Nicolson Pavement Company, of Brooklyn, which, though standing in the name of the wife, he, the assignee, asserted were held in fact and truth for the husband, but which the husband and ■wife asserted were’ not…
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Appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissing a bill filed by one Voorhees, assignee in bankruptcy of John Bonesteel, against the said Bonesteel and Sophia his wife, to get possession of 1145 shares of 'the stock of the Nicolson Pavement Company, of Brooklyn, which, though standing in the name of the wife, he, the assignee, asserted were held in fact and truth for the husband, but which the husband and ■wife asserted were’ not so held, but belonged, on the contrary, to the wife alone, and were her separate property. The case was thus: John…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Assignees of the estate of the debtor, in a proceeding in oankruptcy, may be chosen by the creditors, or if they make no choice, at their first meetiug, the judge, or, in case there is no opposiug interest, the register, may make the appointment, subject to the approval of the judge. * Section fourteen also provides that as soon as an assignee is appointed and qualified, the judge, or where there is no opposing interest, the register, shall, by au instrument under his baud, assign and convey to the assignee all the estate, real and personal, of the bankrupt, and that the title tq all such…
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