In re Grossman
District Court, S.D. New York
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Isadore Grossman, bankrupt. On ' petition to review the action of the referee in excluding from consideration votes cast by a commissioner of deeds acting under a power of attorney acknowledged before himself.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
[1] The power is so drawn as to run to two persons—one, the attorney who- brings on this proceeding; and the other, the commissioner ofi deeds, who is in the attorney’s office.
I see no reason to- disagree with the ruling of Brown, J., in the case relied upon by the referee, In re Sugenheimer (D. C., N. Y.) 1 Am. Bankr. Rep. 425, 91 Fed. 744; and Mr. Joffe has furnished a long and accurate list of decisions to the same effect in other states. I am content to- follow, not only Judge Brown’s ruling, but that of our state courts in Armstrong v. Combs, 15 App. Div. 246, 44 N.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Armstrong v. CombsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- In re SugenheimerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1899
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- In the Matter of Columbus Brass& Aluminum Company, Inc., Bankrupt. American Alloys Corporation v. Ivan H. Morgan, Trustee in BankruptcyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960