278 F. 747 | N.D.N.Y. | 1922
'This is a review of the action of the referee for Broome county in allowing the claim of one Blanchard for the purpose of voting for a trustee, and in selecting B. Roger Wales as trustee, because of the failure of any person to receive a majority in number and amount of claims filed and allowed.
At the first meeting of creditors called for the purpose of* electing a trustee, the referee is vested with power to make a summary examination into 'the facts when objection is made to claims, proofs of which in proper form have been filed with him, and on such summary examination to allow or disallow a claim for the purpose of voting. Objection was made to a claim in the sum of $85,000, filed by Blanchard, who was the largest stockholder and the directing force of the bankrupt corporation. The objections were not in writing nor verified. The statute (Comp. St. §§ 9585-9656) does not seem to require this, but the decisions say it is far better that objections be in writing. The objections were based chiefly upon statements in the involuntary petition, in which Blanchard was one of the petitioners.
In view of the assumptions in the foregoing memoranda, which in substance assume that the record is amplified as desired by the contesting creditors, it is not necessary to further consider that motion, and the decision of the referee in refusing to amplify, as well as his selection of a trustee, is affirmed.