Case Name: Case of DONNELL
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1876-06
Citations: 7 F. Cas. 889
Docket Number: 
Parties: Case of DONNELL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 7
Pages: 889–889

Head Matter:
Case No. 8,986a.
Case of DONNELL.
District Court, D. Maine.
June, 1876.
Bankruptcy—Sales by Assignee—Confirmation.
[It is not the practice in the first circuit to confirm sales by assignees, as the rights of third parties are liable to be compromised thereby.]
[Cited in Re Alden, Case No. 151.]
[Not previously reported.]

Opinion:
In the matter of Thomas E. Knight, a bankrupt
A sale of real estate was made, at public auction, after the notice by the assignee of said Knight, to William E. Donnell, of Portland. Said Donnell filed a petition to confirm said sale, upon which is endorsed in the handwriting of FOX,District Judge,the following: "It appears not to have been the practice in the first circuit to confirm sales by assignees; and on account of rights of third parties being liable to be compromised thereby, I decline to adopt such practice, and refuse to pass upon the matter of the confirmation of the sale in this cause."