Legal Opinion

Slocum v. Soliday

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 1, 1910No. 885PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. In the matter of the French Carriage Company, bankrupt. From a decree of the District Court, William H. Slocum and others, trustees, appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in bankruptcy cutting, down a proof of claim offered by the appellants. The appellants are testamentary trustees, owning lands and buildings which were leased to the French Carriage Company, of which Soliday, the appellee, is trustee in bankruptcy. The petition in bankruptcy was involuntary, and was filed on November 19, 1909, with an adjudication on December 6, 1909. The letting of the premises was by an indenture under seal, which was to expire on December 31, 1910. The proof covered all rent in arrears, and also the equivalent of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re Roth & AppelCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
  2. Hutchinson v. DeeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1901

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Manhattan Properties, Inc. v. Irving Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Oldden v. Tonto Realty CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  3. Pacific States Corp. v. RosenshineCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
  4. In Re Service Appliance Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 1930
  5. Malavazos v. Irving Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933

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