In re Farris’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. ““By providing a method by which a Court, in its discretion, may grant a judgment creditor a lien upon a plaintiff’s cause of action for personal injury or death, California law has made such rights of action subject to attachment, execution, garnishment, sequestration, or other judicial process within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act, Sec. 70, sub. a (5) [ 11 U.S.C. § 110 , sub. a(5)]. * * * * * *- “The Court notes that in the Matter of Alfred Edward Carreia, No. 60141, decided in this division on May 12, 1961, the Court affirmed the Referee’s order authorizing the trustee to continue for the benefit of the estate of bankrupt the bankrupt’s personal injury suit which was pending at the time of bankruptcy.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carmona v. Robinson