IN RE HOPKINS

No. 2434.

15 F.2d 206 (1926)

In re HOPKINS. In re GREENE.

District Court, D. Rhode Island.

October 6, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Fox, of Providence, R. I., for bankrupt.

Quinn, Kernan & Quinn and Daniel A. Colton, all of Providence, R. I., for creditors.


BROWN, District Judge.

In support of the motion to dismiss, it is contended that the trustee alone is authorized to institute proceedings for the examination and expunging of claims. See In re Lewensohn, 121 F. 538, 57 C. C. A. 600; In re New England Tire & Rubber (D. C.) 13 F.2d 1004; Collier on Bankruptcy (13th Ed.) p. 1172.

Ordinarily, the duty of protecting the creditors against improper claims is to be performed by...

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