Legal Opinion

Clarke v. Rogers

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 13, 1910No. 878PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. In the matter of Shaw, bankrupt. Appeal by George Demist Clarke, trustee, from an order of the District Court.

1Opinion of the Court

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the final decree of the District Court as to the matter of an alleged preference in bankruptcy. 'Phe bankrupt, Shaw, was trustee of various testamentary trusts, as that expression is known in the statutes of Massachusetts, and which in accordance with those statutes were subject to the jurisdiction of the probate courts. It may he that he was trustee of other trusts, hut it is not necessary for us to go into details in reference thereto. The appellee, Rogers, is trustee in bankruptcy of Shaw’s estate. The appellant Clarke is testamentary trustee…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. VIDAL v. Girard's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
  2. Crawford v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. Richardson v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. Grant v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  5. Dunbar v. DunbarSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Morris Plan Industrial Bank of New York v. SchornCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  2. Reynolds v. New York Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1911
  3. Walter E. Heller & Company v. BarnesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
  4. Shonkweiler v. HarringtonNebraska Supreme Court · 1918
  5. United States v. SullivanDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1937

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