Legal Opinion
In re Burtis
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 9, 1911PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Fannie Betts Burtis.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATEIELD, District Judge.
The bankrupt filed a voluntary petition on October 14, 1910, with schedules showing claims of less than $2,500, of which one for $469.76 is based upon a judgment docketed! a few days previous to the bankruptcy petition.
The bankrupt is a widow, who by the will of her late husband, probated October 29, 1896, was given an income from a trust fund to be created by the executors, of $600 per annum, in lieu of dower and all claims against the estate.
This was rejected by the widow, who, on January 6, 1897, settled her dower and other claims against the estate upon the…
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