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In re Platt

District Court, S.D. New York
Nov 15, 1867
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In this case a receiver, appointed under the national banking ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍act, applied, on a petition setting forth the circumstances, for leave to compromise a debt. The national banking act, ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍in the fiftieth section, provides that the receiver may compromise doubtful debts “on the order of a court of ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍record of competent jurisdiction.” The question arose whether this court was a court of competent jurisdiction. The court, after ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍consideration, decided that it had jurisdiction, and ordered the matter to be referred to a commissioner to take proof ‍‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‍of the facts in the case, with his opinion thereon.

Case Details

Case Name: In re Platt
Court Name: District Court, S.D. New York
Date Published: Nov 15, 1867
Citations: 19 F. Cas. 815; 1 Ben. 534
Court Abbreviation: S.D.N.Y.
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