Legal Opinion
Chaney v. Stover
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1941No. 4861PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
Mary V. Chaney filed a petition in the District Court to avail herself as a farmer of the provisions of Section 75 of the National Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 203, in order to effect a composition or an extension of time to pay her debts. She failed, however, to obtain acceptance of the proposed settlement by a majority in number and amount of her creditors because of the objection of a creditor whose debt, secured by mortgage on her farm, was far greater than the remainder of her total indebtedness. Thereupon she filed a petition under Section 75, sub. s, asking to be…
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