Legal Opinion
In re A. B. Carton & Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 21, 1906PublishedCited by 20 opinions
In Bankruptcy. On exceptions to report of special commissioner recommending that a discharge be denied.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH. District Judge.
In 1904- a petition in involuntary bank-' ruptcy was filed against the present bankrupts. The result thereof was a compromise, followed by an amicable dismissal of the petition, based upon an agreement, the operative words of which are as follows:
“We. the undersigned, creditors of ’Andrew B. Carton and Lawrence A. Carton, heretofore doing business under the firm name of A. B. Carton & Co., do hereby agree1, to and with each other, to accept, for each and every dollar said firm owes or is indebted unto us, the sum of forty (40) per cent., the same to be received by us in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Eaton, Cole Burnham Co. v. . AveryNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- In re LewensohnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1903
- In re Dresser & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1905
- Ransom v. GeerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1882
- Mills v. BrillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
3Cited by20 opinions
- Gilpin v. Merchants' Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1908
- In Re KornbluthCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- In re WeitzmanDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1923
- In re MirkusCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- WOODMAR REALTY COMPANY v. McLEANCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
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