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In re Bigelow

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 29, 1869PublishedCited by 8 opinions

[In bankruptcy. In the matter of Edward Bigelow, David Bigelow, and Nathan Kellogg, doing business as the firm E. & D. Bigelow & Co. Heard on application by John Bigelow to prove a certain claim and the register’s report thereon. Proof allowed. Heard also on claim of bankrupt's counsel. The firm of E. & D. Bigelow & Co., composed of the bankrupts above named, and its individual members, were adjudged bankrupts, in involuntary proceedings.

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[In bankruptcy. In the matter of Edward Bigelow, David Bigelow, and Nathan Kellogg, doing business as the firm E. & D. Bigelow & Co. Heard on application by John Bigelow to prove a certain claim and the register’s report thereon. Proof allowed. Heard also on claim of bankrupt's counsel. The firm of E. & D. Bigelow & Co., composed of the bankrupts above named, and its individual members, were adjudged bankrupts, in involuntary proceedings. Debts were proven to the following amounts: Against the firm. $209,748 24 Against Edward Bigelow individually . 55,395 67 Against David Bigelow individually…

1Opinion of the Court

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

I concur with the register, that the creditor, John Bigelow, is, under his proof of debt, entitled to dividends out of the several assets of the individual bankrupts.

The register also submitted to the court a bill, which had been presented to the as-signee by counsel for the bankrupts, for services in attending on the return of the order to show cause, and successfully resisting two of the grounds on which the adjudication of bankruptcy was sought, and also for services in preparing the inventories and schedules required, under the order of adjudication of…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Bowen v. ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1906
  2. In re BlackfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  3. In re BlackfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  4. Howell v. TeelNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1878
  5. In re J. C. Ward & Co.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1882

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