Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. Norris

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 12, 1917No. 177PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa; Martin J. Wade, Judge. In the matter of the voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy by C. G. Norris. Petition by T. G. Armstrong and others, creditors, to revise an order denying a motion to set aside the adjudication.

1Opinion of the Court

HOOK, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to revise an order of the District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in a bankruptcy proceeding. Two questions are involved; one of appellate practice, and the other of the scope and efficacy of a prior proceeding in Kansas and the right of Norris, the respondent, to maintain the present one in Iowa.

In July, 1913, partnership creditors instituted an involuntary proceeding in bankruptcy in the district of Kansas against Brown & Norris, a firm composed of 1. T. Brown and C. G. Norris. The petition averred that Brown and Norris individually were…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Francis v. McNealSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Kuntz v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
  3. Hart-Parr Co. v. BarkleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
  4. Siebert v. DahlbergCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Freshman v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Myers v. International Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  3. United States v. FraidinDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1945
  4. Mueller v. Elba Oil Co.California Supreme Court · 1942
  5. In re De Camp Glass Casket Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1921

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