Legal Opinion
In re Bowles
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided June 25, 1936No. 273PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, District Judge.
A joint petition was filed by Isaac Anderson Bowles and Leila P. Bowles seeking to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy. An order of joint adjudication was accordingly entered. Within a short time thereafter one of the creditors filed a motion to vacate the order of adjudication and strike the petition from the files on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the joint petition of the parties. No provision of the Bankruptcy Act authorizes the filing of a joint petition by two or more persons unless it be shown that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Winston v. HoyneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1922
- Frank v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1924
- Ford v. Jellico Grocery Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
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