In re Hawley
District Court, S.D. New York
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Charies A. Hawley, individually and as a member of the firm of Hawley & Alford. Proceedings to review a referee’s order refusing to accept a general letter of attorney, and refusing to certify that an order approving the trustee’s bond is a correct copy of one on file in his office, unless internal revenue stamps are attached thereto.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. PIAND, District Judge.
The referee in bankruptcy has refused to accept a general letter of attorney in the above estate in the usual official form, authorizing the attorney in fact to attend meetings of creditors of the bankrupt and vote thereat for trustee, or for any other proposal or resolution that may be submitted under the act, to accept any compositipn proposed by the bankrupt, and to receive payment of any dividends or money due under any composition, etc., unless there shall be affixed to such letter of attorney a 25-cent internal revenue stamp. He has likewise refused to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. IshamSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Treat v. TolmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1902
- Stirneman v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- Tolman v. TreatU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1901
- Sackett v. McCaffreyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1904
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Capitol Trading Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 1916
- State ex rel. Hemmy v. MillerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921