Legal Opinion
West Coast Life Ins. Co. v. Merced Irr. Dist.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 5, 1940No. 9242PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.
Appellee Merced Irrigation District, an irrigation district organized under the provisions of the California Irrigation District Act, Cal.Stats. 1897, p. 254, as amended, Decring’s General Laws, Act 3854, filed a petition for composition of debts under the provisions of Chapter IX of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898 as amended, 11 U.S.C.A. §§ 401-404. After a hearing of the petition, the District Court entered its interlocutory decree confirming the plan of composition proposed by the District. This is an appeal by certain bondholders of the District from said decree of…
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