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21 F. Cas. 1313

In re Shine

Massachusetts District Court

Decided March 3, 1877

Massachusetts District Court · decided 1877-03-03

<p>Case No. 12,788.</p> <p>B a nkhuptoy — Com POSIT] oX.</p> <p>[In the matter of Shine & Sons, bankrupts.]</p>

Decided 1877-03-03

¶1One creditor of a bankrupt, who was endeavoring to obtain a resolution of composition, i wrote to another creditor, who had not signed, | desiring him to help forward the eonnosition ! as much as possible, by his signature and otlier-wise, and said: “I shall consider your doing so a personal favor, upon the strength of which you may depend UDon my trade in future.” Held, that it was improper to obtain the signature of a creditor in such a manner, and leave to record a resolution of composition containing such signature was refused.

¶2[Cited in 15 Alb. Law J. 293, to the foregoing proposition. Nowhere reported; opinion not now accessible.]

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