Section 568:54 – Procedure.
568:54 Procedure. – In case of appeal from the allowance or disallowance of the claims of a creditor, the claimant, if appellant, shall file in the office of the clerk, with his statement of reasons for appeal, a declaration in proper form upon his claim; if appellee, he shall file such declaration within 5 […]
Section 568:55 – Death of Debtor.
568:55 Death of Debtor. – If the debtor dies after the issuance of the warrant and while the proceedings are pending, the proceedings shall be continued and conducted in like manner and with like validity and effect as if he had lived. Source. PS 201:54. PL 401:55. RL 465:55.
Section 568:56 – Beginning of Proceedings.
568:56 Beginning of Proceedings. – The date of the filing of the debtor’s assignment or of the filing of the creditor’s petition shall be deemed to be the beginning of proceedings in insolvency under the provisions of this chapter in each case and the time from which other times and dates shall be reckoned. […]
Section 568:57 – Notices.
568:57 Notices. – In all proceedings under this chapter, where notice, either personal or by publication, is required, it shall be for such length of time as the court may order. Source. 1895, 39:1. PL 401:57. RL 465:57.
Section 569:1 – Assignments to be Recorded, etc.
569:1 Assignments to be Recorded, etc. – No instrument by which title to real or personal property is conveyed, transferred, or assigned to an assignee, trustee, or other fiduciary for the benefit of the creditors of the assignor shall be valid to transfer the title of the assignor therein unless such assignee, trustee, or […]
Section 569:2 – Not Valid as Against Unpaid Taxes.
569:2 Not Valid as Against Unpaid Taxes. – No common law assignment of personal property, whether recorded or not, shall be valid to transfer to the assignee the title of the assignor therein as against any unpaid taxes assessed thereon prior to the date of said assignment. Any such unpaid taxes shall be a […]
Section 568:48 – Discharge.
568:48 Discharge. – The certificate of discharge shall be granted or refused to each partner as though the proceedings had been against him alone. In all other respects the proceedings against partners shall be conducted as though against a single person. Source. PS 201:47. PL 401:48. RL 465:48.
Section 568:49 – Procedure.
568:49 Procedure. – Insolvent corporations created by the laws of this state, except banking and railroad corporations, may make assignments or be proceeded against in insolvency in the same manner as individuals, and the judge for the county where the principal place of business of the corporation is located may issue his warrant and […]
Section 568:50 – Officers’ Oath.
568:50 Officers’ Oath. – At the end of 3 months from the beginning of the proceedings, the officers shall severally make and subscribe an oath in substance as follows: I, ………., (president, etc., or treasurer, etc.), do swear that I believe the account of the creditors of the corporation contained in the schedules signed […]
Section 568:51 – Penalty.
568:51 Penalty. – If a debtor, or any officer of a corporation against which a petition in insolvency is pending, shall wilfully omit to file a list or schedule as ordered, or shall wilfully and fraudulently give false information or neglect to give true information to the assignee in relation to the estate or […]