23 F. Cas. 274
Decided December 20, 1870
Maine District Court · decided 1870-12-20
I, Charles Hamlin, one of the registers of said court in bankruptcy, do hereby certify that in course of the proceedings in said cause before me, the following question arose pertinent to the said proceedings, and was stated and agreed to by the opposing parties, to wit: Mr. Sweden S. Patten, who appeared for himself, and Charles P. Stetson, Esq., assignee of said Stubbs in bankruptcy.
Decided 1870-12-20
¶1The proceedings had, under the state law were in fraud of the bankrupt act, and the court in bankruptcy cannot allow a party the expenses incurred by him in his attempt to defeat the provisions and operation of the bankrupt law.
¶2The decision of the register is approved. Vide Bartlett v. Bramhall, 3 Gray, 257.