Legal Opinion
In re Knowlton & Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 24, 1912No. 3,716PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In the matter of Knowltou & Co., a partnership, bankrupt. On certificate of referee.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHRRSON, Circuit Judge.
The bankrupt is the firm of Knowlton & Co., a partnership doing business in Philadelphia. The partners were not adjudicated, but this fact is not important in the present controversy. The order now under review distributed a fund whose source was the insolvent estate of one of the partners. This partner carried on a separate business in Gardner, Mass., and made an assignment there for the benefit of creditors under the laws of the state. The assignees liquidated the assets of the Gardner business and paid over the net proceeds to the trustee in bankruptcy. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re Assignment of GilbertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- In re HamiltonDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1880
- Bullock v. HubbardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1863
3Cited by3 opinions
- Silberfeld v. Swiss Bank Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
- Waters v. First Nat. Bank of GardnerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1913
- Bank of Reidsville v. BurtonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1919