Legal Opinion

In re United Grocery Co.

District Court, S.D. Florida

Decided January 16, 1917PublishedCited by 19 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the voluntary proceedings for the adjudication of the United Grocery Company as a bankrupt. On motion to dismiss a- petition by minority stockholders and creditors to vacate the adjudication.

1Opinion of the Court

CALL, District Judge.

On January 3, 1917, the bankrupt filed its petition to be adjudged a bankrupt; the petition being signed by the bankrupt, through its president and secretary, and the seal of the corporation affixed. The petition alleges the jurisdictional facts, and has attached to it as an exhibit a copy of a resolution passed by the board of directors authorizing the filing of the petition by the officers. On January 4, 1917, an adjudication in voluntary bankruptcy was made by the judge of this court, upon this petition, a receiver was appointed, and reference made to the referee. On…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Johnson v. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1911
  2. In re IvesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
  3. In re Guanacevi Tunnel Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
  4. Rudebeck v. SandersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
  5. Germania Nat. Bank of Milwaukee v. LachenmaierCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Royal Indemnity Co. v. American Bond & Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Chicago Bank of Commerce v. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  3. City Nat. Bank of Huron, SD v. FullerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
  4. In re Dressler Producing Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
  5. In Re Fox West Coast TheatresCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937

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