Providence Box & Lumber Co. v. Goodrich-Daniell Lumber Corp.

LEAMY, District Judge.

The Lumber Company has petitioned for a review of the decision of the Referee in Bankruptcy adjudicating it a bankrupt.

It contends first that the Bankruptcy Court was without jurisdiction since the original process was served upon the president of the company and not upon the clerk of the corporation as required by Section 1521 of the Public Laws of Vermont.

It is true that before the promulgation of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., the service of process in United States Courts had to conform with the laws of the state in which the court was located.…