In re Blankenship
District Court, S.D. California
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of R. F. Blankenship.' On petition to review a referee’s order allowing a claim in favor of the bankrupt’s sister on a note due one day after date.
1Opinion of the Court
BLEDSOE, District Judge.
[1] This is a review of an order of the referee in bankruptcy allowing a claim in the above-entitled proceeding. The question sought to be reviewed, and the only one urged by counsel for the trustee, representing the creditors, is very simple. It arises out of the following facts:
The bankrupt in 1906, in consideration of money borrowed by him, gave to his sister a promissory note for $1,200, due one day after date. Under the statute of California (C. C. P. § 337) this note became barred by the statute of limitations four years after maturity. It seems not to have been…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re BanksDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re SalmonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1916