Legal Opinion

Rawlins v. Hall-Epps Clothing Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 28, 1914No. 2685PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Petition to Superintend and Revise from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia; Wm. B. Sheppard, Judge. In the matter of J. C. Rawlins and S. J. Rawlins, partners as the Rawlins Mercantile Company, alleged bankrupts. Petition by bankrupts to superintend and revise an order for their examination procured by the Hall-Epps Clothing Company and others, petitioning creditors.

1Opinion of the Court

GRUBB, District Judge.

This was a petition to superintend and revise an order of the District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, directing the petitioners, hereafter designated “the bankrupts,” against whom an involuntary petition in bankruptcy had been filed in that court, to appear before the referee in bankruptcy at Macon, Ga., to be examined as witnesses concerning the acts, conduct, and property of the bankrupt, which was a partnership composed of the petitioners, and with reference to the cause of its bankruptcy, its ■dealings with creditors and other persons, the amount and the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Mueller v. NugentSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. Acme Harvester Co. v. Beekman Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Everett v. JudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  5. Cameron v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Georgia Jewelers, Inc., Alleged Bankrupt v. Bulova Watch Co., Golden Shield Corporation, Gruen Watch Co., and Columbia Diamond Ring CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  2. In Re Paramount Publix CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
  3. Mobile Gas Co. v. PattersonDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1923
  4. Abbott v. Wauchula Mfg. & Timber Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1916
  5. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. A. B. Jones Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931

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