In re United Button Co.

Citations

• 140 F. 495
• 1906 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 344

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy — Unliquidated Damages — Liquidation.</p> <p>A claim for unliquidated damages resulting from injury to the property of another, not reduced to judgment and unaccompanied and unconnected with any contractual or quasi contractual liability, is not susceptible of liquidation under section 63b of the bankruptcy act of 1898 (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 563 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3447]). .</p> <p>[Ed Note. — For cases in point, see yol. 6, Cent. Dig. Bankruptcy, § 479.]</p> <p>2. Same — Procedure.</p> <p>Under the power conferred on the court by Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, § 63b, 30 Stat. 563 [U. S. Comp. St., 1901, p. 3447], to direct the manner in which unliquidated claims against a bankrupt may be liquidated, ample authority exists to adopt any procedure appropriate to the particular case, whether it be submission to a jury on an issue framed, or production of evidence before the referee, or some other method.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>