Legal Opinion
In re Bishop
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided April 29, 1907PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Bankruptcy.
1Opinion of the Court
BRAWLEY, District Judge.
W. L. Bishop was a merchant, doing business in the town of Bowman, in the state of South Carolina, occupying a store in that town, which he rented from Samuel Dibble at the rate of $20 per month. The rent had been paid up to the 1st day of September, 1900, but was due from that date. On February 4, 1907, Bishop was adjudged a bankrupt on his own petition, and the case was referred to the referee, John S. Bowman, Jr. On February 18, 1907, the first meeting of creditors was called, and N. A. Hunt was elected trustee. Dibble filed proof of his claim as landlord, claiming…
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