Canner v. Webster Tapper Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, Circuit Judge.
On September 4, 1908, the Webster Tapper Company, the A. G. Crosby Company, and James Dempsey *520filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against Louis Canner. The act of bankruptcy alleged was the making of a general assignment July 18, 1908. The petition (thus anticipating a probable defense) further alleged that the petitioners accepted the assignment by reason of the false and fraudulent representations made by Canner, viz.: (1) That Canner had, at the date of the assignment, book accounts to the value of $10,000; whereas, in fact, he had, on July 10th, attempted to…
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