Walter v. Atha
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Thomas G. Haight, Judge. In the matter of Theodore C. E. Blanchard, bankrupt. From an order of the District Court (253 Fed. 758), allowing as reduced the claim of Emeline C. Blanchard, Eífe B. Walter and another, as executors of the estate of claimant, since deceased, appeal, and Benjamin Atha, as trustee, cross-appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOEEEY, Circuit Judge.
In the proof of claim and amended proof of claim filed by Emeline C. Blanchard in the bankrupt estate of her son, Theodore C. E. Blanchard, there is an item of $271,155. On petition by the Trustee for its rejection or reduction, the Referee allowed the item in full. On- review, the District Court reduced it to one-fourth and later allowed it for one-half of its amount. From the order of the District Court, the claimant took this appeal, charging error, to the court in not allowing the item in full. On cross-appeal, the Trustee assigns as error, first, the action of the…
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