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SCHWARTZ v. IRVING TRUST CO.

No. 436.

299 U.S. 456 (1937)

57 S.Ct. 303

81 L.Ed. 348

SCHWARTZ ET AL. v. IRVING TRUST CO., TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Murray C. Bernays, with whom Miss Susan Brandeis was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. William D. Whitney, with whom Mr. R.L. Gilpatric was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The provability of certain landlords' claims in proceedings under § 77B of the Bankruptcy Act is here drawn in question. The petitioners were lessors of the debtor. Their leases were rejected in a bankruptcy proceeding pending when the reorganization section was adopted. All of the leases contained indemnity covenants similar to that considered in Kuehner v. Irving Trust Co., ante, p. 445....

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