Legal Opinion
In re Caplan
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 2, 1927No. 4862PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, District Judge.
This is a proceeding brought by the assignee of a landlord to obtain priority of payment of rent out of the assets of the bankrupts located in the ancillary jurisdiction of the District % of Columbia, which rent was due prior to the adjudication of bankruptcy. From the petition, the following facts appear:
On March 7,1923, the bankrupts, Caplan & Rudolph, leased from one Horn certain premises in the city of Washington, D. C., for five years, at the rental of $500 per month. The lease was assigned to the petitioner for collection of rent and general enforcement. On…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Longstreth v. PennockSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Courtney v. Fidelity Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
- In re ChaudronDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1910
- In re Mt. Winans Lumber Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1915
- In re United States Lumber Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1913
3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re Heintzelman Const. Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1940
- Elmira Corporation v. BulmanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
- In re C. A. Taylor Logging & Lumber Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1928
- In re RosenstockDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1932