The Federal Reporter, Volume 122West Publishing Company, 1908 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. |
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... BANKRUPTCY - ASSIGNMENT FOR BENEFIT OF CREDITORS - FRAUD - SERVICES OF ASSIGNEE - COMPENSATION . Where an insolvent made an assignment of all his property for the equal benefit of all his creditors which contained no secret trust , and ...
... BANKRUPTCY - ASSIGNMENT FOR BENEFIT OF CREDITORS - FRAUD - SERVICES OF ASSIGNEE - COMPENSATION . Where an insolvent made an assignment of all his property for the equal benefit of all his creditors which contained no secret trust , and ...
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... bankruptcy subsequently appointed , was entitled to compensation for the services of himself and his attorneys . 2. SAME - CONSTRUCTION . The bankrupt act does not make it obligatory on an insolvent debtor to take the benefit of the act ...
... bankruptcy subsequently appointed , was entitled to compensation for the services of himself and his attorneys . 2. SAME - CONSTRUCTION . The bankrupt act does not make it obligatory on an insolvent debtor to take the benefit of the act ...
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... bankruptcy , which entitled the debtors ' creditors , if they saw proper to do so , to have the administration of the trust transferred from the assignee to the bank- rupt court , but this is no impeachment of the honesty of the transac ...
... bankruptcy , which entitled the debtors ' creditors , if they saw proper to do so , to have the administration of the trust transferred from the assignee to the bank- rupt court , but this is no impeachment of the honesty of the transac ...
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... bankruptcy , and being unable to pay their debts , and having a large amount of property , which they honestly and in good faith desired should be applied ratably to the payment of their debts , they had a perfect legal right to make ...
... bankruptcy , and being unable to pay their debts , and having a large amount of property , which they honestly and in good faith desired should be applied ratably to the payment of their debts , they had a perfect legal right to make ...
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... bankruptcy of Crittenden's estate had subse- quently recovered of one of his creditors as a preferential payment a part of the proceeds of that sale , which Crittenden had received and paid to that creditor at the time of the sale . The ...
... bankruptcy of Crittenden's estate had subse- quently recovered of one of his creditors as a preferential payment a part of the proceeds of that sale , which Crittenden had received and paid to that creditor at the time of the sale . The ...
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Page 60 - This company shall not be liable beyond the actual cash value of the property at the time any loss or damage occurs, and the loss or damage shall be ascertained or estimated according to such actual cash value, -with proper deduction for depreciation however caused, and shall In no event exceed what It would then cost the insured to repair or replace the same with material of like kind and quality; said ascertainment or estimate shall be made by the insured and this company, or.
Page 241 - ... the sole liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing, completing, copying executing, finishing, and vending the same...
Page 737 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
Page 239 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length, when at anchor, shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 584 - In determining the value of land appropriated for public purposes, the same considerations are to be regarded as in a sale of property between private parties. The inquiry in such cases must be what is the property worth in the market, viewed not merely with reference to the uses to which it is at the time applied, but with reference to the uses to which it is plainly adapted; that is to say, what is it worth from its availability for valuable uses.
Page 30 - March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and which may be continued: and he may make such rules and regulations and establish such service as will insure the objects of such reservations, namely, to regulate their occupancy and use and to preserve the forests thereon from destruction...
Page 248 - States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States...
Page 274 - Debts of the bankrupt may be proved and allowed against his estate which are (1) a fixed liability, as evidenced by a judgment or an instrument in writing, absolutely owing at the time of the filing of the petition against him...
Page 668 - ... except as applied to the same pursuits by others under like circumstances; that no greater burdens should be laid upon one than are laid upon others in the same calling and condition, and that in the administration of criminal justice no different or higher punishment should be imposed upon one than such as is prescribed to all for like offenses.
Page 390 - In the event of one or more but not all of the members of a partnership being adjudged bankrupt, the partnership property shall not be administered in bankruptcy, unless by consent of the partner or partners not adjudged bankrupt ; but such partner or partners not adjudged bankrupt shall settle the partnership business as expeditiously as its nature will permit, and account for the interest of the partner or partners adjudged bankrupt.