Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of the United States Within the Second Circuit, Volume 6Baker, Voorhis, 1875 |
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... BANKRUPT . ERRONEOUS ADJUDICATION OF BANKRUPTCY . - COPARTNERSHIP . On the petition and schedules of one member of a copartnership , an adjudication of bankruptcy of the firm was made . It appeared that neither of the other members of ...
... BANKRUPT . ERRONEOUS ADJUDICATION OF BANKRUPTCY . - COPARTNERSHIP . On the petition and schedules of one member of a copartnership , an adjudication of bankruptcy of the firm was made . It appeared that neither of the other members of ...
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... bankrupt Act . The argument is especially addressed to language used by the District Judge , * to the effect , that , at the time the transfers were made , " the transferees " did not believe the bankrupts were able to pay their debts ...
... bankrupt Act . The argument is especially addressed to language used by the District Judge , * to the effect , that , at the time the transfers were made , " the transferees " did not believe the bankrupts were able to pay their debts ...
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... BANKRUPT . EVIDENCE . - EXAMINING WITNESS AS TO ESTATE OF BANKRUPT.- RIGHT OF WITNESS TO HAVE COUNSEL . In an examination of a witness respecting the estate of a bankrupt , on the application of a creditor , other creditors have not the ...
... BANKRUPT . EVIDENCE . - EXAMINING WITNESS AS TO ESTATE OF BANKRUPT.- RIGHT OF WITNESS TO HAVE COUNSEL . In an examination of a witness respecting the estate of a bankrupt , on the application of a creditor , other creditors have not the ...
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... Bankrupt . In such an examination a witness is not entitled to counsel , even though his examination may establish a liability on his part to the bankrupt's estate , and must be compelled to answer questions respecting his transactions ...
... Bankrupt . In such an examination a witness is not entitled to counsel , even though his examination may establish a liability on his part to the bankrupt's estate , and must be compelled to answer questions respecting his transactions ...
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... BANKRUPT . BUSINESS CORPORATION . - NON - PAYMENT OF COMMERCIAL PAPER.- BONA FIDE DEFENCE . A life insurance company is a business corporation , within the purview of section 37 of the bankruptcy Act . Under the amendment to the 39th ...
... BANKRUPT . BUSINESS CORPORATION . - NON - PAYMENT OF COMMERCIAL PAPER.- BONA FIDE DEFENCE . A life insurance company is a business corporation , within the purview of section 37 of the bankruptcy Act . Under the amendment to the 39th ...
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Page 25 - That if any person, being insolvent, or in contemplation of. insolvency, within four months before the filing of the petition by or against him, with a view to. give a preference...
Page 545 - ... to have any exclusive right or title to the making or preparing the same, or which are prepared, uttered, vended, or exposed for sale under any letters patent, or...
Page 499 - ... claiming an adverse interest, or by such person against such assignee, touching any property or rights of property of said bankrupt transferable to, or vested in, such assignee...
Page 131 - Writs of ne exeat may be granted by any justice of the Supreme Court, in cases where they might be granted by the Supreme Court; and by any district judge, in cases where they might be granted by the District Court of which he is a judge.
Page 83 - And all raw materials found in the possession of any person intending to manufacture the same into articles of a kind subject to tax for the purpose of fraudulently selling such manufactured articles, or with design to evade the payment of said tax; and...
Page 37 - Upon this principle, and to the extent stated, a corporation in order to attain its legitimate objects, may deal precisely as an individual may who seeks to accomplish the same ends.
Page 26 - ... or makes any payment, pledge, assignment, transfer, or conveyance of any part of his property, either directly or indirectly, absolutely or conditionally, the person receiving such payment, pledge, assignment, transfer, or conveyance, or to be benefited thereby, or by such attachment...
Page 442 - that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, or to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Page 434 - This is necessarily notice to all those who have any interest in the thing, and is reasonable, because it is necessary, and because it is the part of common prudence for all those who1 have any interest in it to guard that interest by persons who are in a situation to protect it.
Page 245 - ... trustees, who shall, upon such conveyance and transfer, have and hold the same in the same manner, and with the same powers and rights, in all respects, as the bankrupt would have had or held the same if no proceedings in bankruptcy had been taken...