Mayer Bros. v. Van Rheeden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Illinois. In the matter of A. E. Van Rheeden & Sons, bankrupt. Fromthe allowance of the claim of Mrs. A. F. Van Rheeden, Mayer Bros, and others, acknowledged creditors, in' the name of their trustee, Harry Kerr, appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
■ EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Bankrupt was a copartnership conducting a mercantile business at the time of bankruptcy. Appellee was an alleged creditor who filed an unsecured claim for $6,462.04. Appellant was an acknowledged creditor, who objected to the allowance of appellee’s claim. Giving full force to the testimony as presented to us and overlooking any objections which might be made to its consideration, it appears:
That bankrupt attended to the business affairs of claimant, who was the mother of the three individual members of the bankrupt firm; that bankrupt collected rents and other…
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