In re French
District Court, N.D. New York
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Victor J. French, bankrupt. On petition to review an order of the referee. This is a proceeding on petition of the trustee in bankruptcy to reconsider and revise the order allowing the claim of Thomas A. Jewell. The trustee in bankruptcy Willard B. Phetteplace asks that the claim be disallowed on the ground that said Jewell has received a preference or preferences.
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In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Victor J. French, bankrupt. On petition to review an order of the referee. This is a proceeding on petition of the trustee in bankruptcy to reconsider and revise the order allowing the claim of Thomas A. Jewell. The trustee in bankruptcy Willard B. Phetteplace asks that the claim be disallowed on the ground that said Jewell has received a preference or preferences. The validity of a chattel mortgage covering certain property is also in question as is the right of said Jewell to receive certain money from Borden’s Condensed Milk Factory in the city of Norwich…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The bankrupt, Victor J. French, was and is an unmarried man, but he rented and worked a farm in the town of Norwich, upon which was a dwelling house in which he lived and kept house, having a housekeeper, his aunt, who owned the larger part of the household furniture. However, the bankrupt purchased the supplies and boarded his hired help. He owned two Round Oak stoves and one cookstove, which were used in the house. This was a dairy farm, and the milk from the dairy was taken to Borden’s Condensary in the city of Norwich in the name of French. On the farm…
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