Legal Opinion

In Re Taylor

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 14, 1927No. 58PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtL. Hand, Circuit Judge

(after stating the facts as above). For the first time,'so far as we can find, the bare negligence of the bankrupt’s attorney is put forward as “unavoidably preventing” him from filing his petition. In re Churchill (D. C.) 197 F. 111, was not. such a ease, for the attorneys had misunderstood the bankrupt’s directions. We do not mean to say that this in our judgment was excuse enough, but it distinguishes the ease from that at bar. In Re Waller, 249 F. 187 (C. C. A. 7), the attorney had been sick for the last three months of the year, an excuse which we held sufficient in the' bankrupt’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In re MacLauchlanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
  2. In re LansleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
  3. In re ChurchillDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1912
  4. National City Bank of Chicago v. WallerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1918
  5. In re La RosaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re SchwartzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
  2. Cohen v. KellerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
  3. In re GoldsteinDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1930
  4. In re SchaeferCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
  5. In re AdamsDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1933

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