Legal Opinion
Lockhart v. Mittlemann
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 1, 1941No. 33PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order in bankruptcy denying the petition of the trustee to compel the bankrupt to account for moneys received by him after petition filed. The facts are as follows. On October 24, 1935, a judge of the New York Supreme Court appointed Mittlemann, the bankrupt, one of three trustees to carry out a “Plan of Reorganization,” approved in the preceding January in a proceeding in that court to “rehabilitate” the affairs of the New York Title and Mortgage Company. He at once qualified and was still serving as trustee when, on September 1, 1939, he…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of WorthingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Milnor v. MetzSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Fischer v. Liberty Nat. Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Griffin v. FurnessCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
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