In re Soltmann
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New York. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Edward G. Soltmann. From an order expunging his proof of debt, R. Bleecker Rathbone appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order expunging R. Bleecker Rathbone’s proof of debt against the estate of Edward G. Soltmann, a bankrupt. Rathbone was the owner of a fourth mortgage for $15,000 on premises belonging to the bankrupt, subject to prior mortgages aggregating about $147,000.
After the adjudication Rathbone began an action in the state court to foreclose the mortgage, which was then overdue, filed the usual lis pendens, and obtained permission from the District Court to maintain the action and to make the receiver in bankruptcy a party defendant. Some two months or…
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