Cauldwell v. Erie Railroad

On the 18th day of January, 1938, an order was entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, by Hon. S. H. West, United States District Judge, pursuant to a petition of the Erie Railroad Company to operate under section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act (U. S. Code, tit. 11, § 205). Paragraph 8 of the aforesaid order which is based upon subdivision (j) of section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act (U. S. Code, tit. 11, § 205, subd. [j]), provides in effect that no suits can be commenced or continued against the debtor, except suits or claims for damages caused…