Legal Opinion
In re Howe
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 30, 1916No. 21674PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Francis Howe, bankrupt.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
The check for $502.68 was delivered to the Edison Electric Eight Company by the bankrupt, in good faith, and in order to prevent the light from being shut off in his hotel, two days before his voluntary petition in bankruptcy. It was not presented by the Edison Company directly to the drawee bank, but was deposited in another banking institution for collection and was presented through the clearing house. It was paid by the bank after the petition and adjudication, but before any of the parties, except the alleged bankrupt, knew of those facts. The institutions through…
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