MATTER OF SILVERMAN

Bankruptcy No. 77 B 2988.

15 B.R. 843 (1981)

In the Matter of Isaac SILVERMAN, Bankrupt.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.

December 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Sapir, Yonkers, N.Y., for Trustee.

Kostelanetz & Ritholz, New York City, for respondent, Robert Silverman.

Baskin & Sears, New York City, for Isaac Silverman and Ralph Silverman.


HOWARD SCHWARTZBERG, Bankruptcy Judge.

Is an alleged bigamist bankrupt barred from benefiting from his bygone wife's intestacy? His son says yes, since he sees the trustee, as a successor, standing in the same shoes as his sire. It is argued that the trustee may wear the bankrupt's shoes, but he may not claim by inheritance the bed and house in Florida because the bankrupt would be estopped from asserting this right.

The trustee in bankruptcy seeks to impress...

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