Legal Opinion

In re Kasson

District Court, N.D. New York

Decided July 1, 1878PublishedCited by 2 opinions

[This was an application by Henry W. Kasson for a -discharge in bankruptcy.]

1Opinion of the Court

WALLACE, District Judge.

I must differ from the conclusion of the register in this case, and hold that the creditors opposing the bankrupt’s discharge must prevail, although the general assignment made by the bankrupt in trust for his creditors was not fraudulent, was without preferences, and was made more than six months before, the bankrupt filed his petition to be adjudicated a bankrupt I am of opinion that it is quite immaterial when the bankrupt’s transfers of his property were made, so long as they were made in contemplation of bankruptcy, and for the purpose of preventing the property…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re DiehlDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1883
  2. In re KraftDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1880

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