Legal Opinion

In re Clairmont

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided July 1, 1868PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOWELL, District Judge.

The person •whom the majority in number and value of the creditors choose to be the assignee ought to be confirmed, unless disqualified by residence out of the district, by personal character, or by come interest adverse to that of the body of creditors. I expect the register to report any such objection, if known to him, whether taken by any creditor or not. When objection is taken the burden of proving it is undoubtedly upon the objector, and yet in so delicate a matter, and one in which direct evidence is not always possible, reasonable cause of suspicion might in…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re LewensohnDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1899
  2. In re SweetserDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1907
  3. Twitchell v. BlaneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1884

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