Ferguson v. Lyle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal and Petition to Superintend and Revise from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida; R. M. McCall, Judge. In the matter of G. S. Baxter & Co., a partnership, bankrupt; H. Lyle, trustee. J. & S. Ferguson appeal from an order of the District Court, and also petition to revise.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
On January 23, 1918, G. S. Baxter & Co., a partnership, and the individual partners, consisting oí G. S. Baxter, W. Frazier Jones, and Walton Ferguson, Jr., of New York, Florida, and Connecticut, respectively, were adjudged bankrupts upon a petition in involuntary bankruptcy filed December 7, 1917. After the adjudication appellants filed and proved their claim, which was based upon promissory notes and open accounts, and which amounted to $599,277.65. There is no controversy either as to the justice or the amount of the claim. Llowever, a considerable portion of it is…
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