Legal Opinion
In re Manner
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided March 5, 1924No. 10331PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
On this review of the decision of the referee in bankruptcy, we are concerned with the right of the wife of the bankrupt to prove a claim for services rendered for her husband as bookkeeper in his meat business for a period of four years. No contract or arrangement between the husband and wife had been entered into for compensation, nor had any account with her been carried on the books, nor had she at any time received any wages. The trustee objected, and the referee sustained him.
Section 51 of the Domestic Relations Law (Consol. Laws N. Y. c. 14) enables a wife to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Blaechinska v. Howard Mission & Home for Little WanderersNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- In re KaufmannDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1900
- Hock v. HockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
3Cited by1 opinion
- Loeffler v. Staten Island University HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009