In re Kingsley
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[The questions certified and argued in this c-ase are whether a debt which is barred by the statute of limitations of Massachusetts, where the bankrupt has resided for the last ten years, and where these proceedings are had, but not barred by the statute of limitations of Vermont, where the creditors reside, and where both parties resided when the contracts were made, can be proved against his estate in bankruptcy.] 2
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The questions certified and argued in this case [by the register of the Fourth Massachusetts district] 3 are, whether a debt which is barred by the statute of limitations of Massachusetts, where the bankrupt has resided for the last ten years, and where these proceedings are had, but not barred by the statute of limitations of Vermont, where the creditors reside, and where both parties resided when the contracts were made, can be proved against his estate in bankruptcy. [Judge Lowell has decided contrary to the opinion of Judge Blatchford, of New York, in Re Ray (Case…
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- Mason v. TaftSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1901