Legal Opinion
Old Fort Improvement Co. v. Lea
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1937No. 4107PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The question to be decided in this case is whether the Old Fort Improvement Company, a South Carolina corporation, was entitled in 1936 to file a petition for reorganization under section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, 11 U.S.C.A. § 207, although a receiver had been appointed for the corporation by a court of the state in 1927 and the receivership was still pending when the petition for reorganization was filed, and although the charter of the corporation had been canceled in 1934 in conformity with the provisions of section 7704 of the South Carolina Code of 1932.
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Duparquet Huot & Moneuse Co. v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Campbell v. Alleghany CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
- Tuttle v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- In Re 211 East Delaware Place Bldg. CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- First National Bank of Liberal v. Liberal MacK Sales, Inc. (In Re Liberal MacK Sales, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 1982
- In Re Heark Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1982
- Matter of Tri-Angle Distributors, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1989
- Bache v. Louisiana Oil Refining Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
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