In re Herzikopf’s Empirical Analysis
118 F. 101 · 1902
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently February 1993
4 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In re Simonson · Green River Deposit Bank v. Craig · In re Chequasset Lumber Co. · In re Blankfein
Most-quoted passages
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““The verification to the creditors’ petition is, on its face, sufficient. In re Chequasset Lumber Co. (D. C.) 7 Am. Bankr. Rep. 87, 112 Fed. 56 . See, also, In re Simonson (D. C.) 1 Am. Bankr. Rep. 197, 92 Fed. 904 , and Bank v. Craig (D. C.) 6 Am. Bankr. Rep. 381, 110 Fed. 137 . The bankrupt act does not require a petition in involuntary bankruptcy to be verified by the creditor personally, although, where the creditor is present, and the facts are within his knowledge, he doubtless ought to make the verification. Section 1 of said act, 30 Stat. 544 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3419], however, contains this definition : ‘Creditor shall include any one who owns a demand or claim provable in bankruptcy, and may include his duly authorized agent, attorney, or proxy.’ “General Order No. 4, 89 Fed. iv, which is in line with said definition, is as follows: ‘(4) Conduct of Proceedings. Proceedings in bankruptcy may be conducted by the bankrupt in person in his own behalf, or by a petitioning or opposing creditor; but a creditor will only be allowed to manage before the court his individual interest. Every party may appear and conduct the proceedings by attorney, who shall be an attorney or counsellor authorized to practice in the Circuit or District Court. The name of the attorney or counsellor, with his place of business shall be entered upon the docket, with the date of the entry. All papers or proceedings offered by an attorney to be filed shall be indorsed as above required, and o”
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