Legal Opinion

Stoller v. Cleveland Trust Co.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 1, 1943No. 9180PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

One week after appellant had filed a petition as a farmer-debtor, for the composition or extension of his debts under Section 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A., § 203, the appellees, as creditors, moved to dismiss the petition upon the ground that appellant is not a farmer as defined in the Act. The district judge referred the motion to the supervising conciliation commissioner for the district, as special master to take testimony and to report his findings of fact and conclusions of law.

The master reported that the farming operations of appellant had resulted in a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Kalb v. FeuersteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Wright v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. BartelsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. First National Bank & Trust Co. v. BeachSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Baxter v. Savings Bank of Utica, NYCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Smith v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948

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