FALK v. LEVY

No. 159, Docket 21549.

180 F.2d 562 (1950)

FALK v. LEVY et al.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Arthur Rosenberg, New York City (David Haar, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Jacob Frummer, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Samuel Hart, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for trustee-appellee.

Wood, Molloy, France & Tully, New York City (Loren T. Wood, New York City, of counsel), for claimants-appellees.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


The facts are stated in the opinion of the district judge reported in D.C., 83 F.Supp. 8171 Only the bankrupt has appealed.

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

The district judge correctly held that the notes given in 1931 and 1937 were usurious and therefore void.2 London v. Toney, 263 N.Y. 439, 189 N.E. 485, 91 A.L.R. 1100; Ganz v. Lancaster, 169 N.Y. 357, 62 N.E. 413, 58 L...

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