In re Martin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On petition to revise an- order made by Judge Learned Hand, confirming an order made by Referee John J. Townsend, which directed the claim of Cora Maude Clark to be re-examined and liquidated by the trial and final determination of an action for breach of promise to marry pending in the Supreme Court of New York County, in which the plaintiff is Cora Maude Clark and the…
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Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On petition to revise an- order made by Judge Learned Hand, confirming an order made by Referee John J. Townsend, which directed the claim of Cora Maude Clark to be re-examined and liquidated by the trial and final determination of an action for breach of promise to marry pending in the Supreme Court of New York County, in which the plaintiff is Cora Maude Clark and the defendant is the bankrupt.
1Opinion of the Court
CO'XE, Circuit Judge.
This case comes here upon petition to review an order made by Judge Learned Hand confirming an order of John J. Townsend, referee, which directed that the claim filed by Cora Maude Clark be reliquidated by the trial and final determination of an action pending in the-Supreme Court of New York between the bankrupt and the said Cora Maude Clark.
Before the filing of the petition Cora Maude Clark commenced a breach of promise suit against the bankrupt and secured a verdict for $25,000. The bankrupt appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict and filed a petition in…
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