Case Name: In re McDUFFEE
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1876-08-24
Citations: 16 F. Cas. 71
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re McDUFFEE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 16
Pages: 71–71

Head Matter:
Case No. 8,778.
In re McDUFFEE.
[2 Hask. 76; 14 N. B. R. 336; 9 Chi. Leg. News, 40.]
District Court, D. Maine.
Aug. 24. 1876.
Bankruptcy — Notakies—Acknowledgment of Oreuitok.
Notaries public have authority to take the acknowledgment of creditors to their powers of attorney.
Question certified by Mr. Register Fessen-den. Can notaries public lawfully take the acknowledgment of creditors to their powers of attorney relative to bankrupt proceedings?

Opinion:
FOX, District Judge.
Upon this question there is a conflict of authority, the later opinion being that of Brown, J., in Re Butterfield, [Case No. 2.24S], sustaining such an acknowledgment. This opinion meets with my approval; but in order that there shall be an uniformity of practice in the first circuit,' I have conferred with Mr. Justice Clifford, and am authorized to say that he concurs with Judge Brown. The power of attorney is accepted and ordered to be filed.