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In re Youngs

5 Abb. N. Cas. 346 Court Special Term, November, 1879. English

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MATTER OF YOUNGS.
N. T. Common Pleas ;
Special Term, November, 1879.

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Assignee for Benefit of Creditors. — Compromise of Claim due Estate. — Notice to Creditors. — Reference.
On an application by an assignee for leave to compromise a claim, due the estate, the court may, in its discretion, require notice to be given to the creditors so that they may be heard.[1]
The application may be referred to a referee, with directions to give by mail (or personally, where practicable), eight days’ notice to the persons indicated by the schedules as creditors.[2]
Application by the assignee of Youngs, Smith & Co., for leave to compromise a claim due the assigned estate.
Miller & Peckham, for assignee.

J. F. Daly, J., in directing notice to be given to the creditors, held as above.