La Barbera v. Grubard

In Kroell v. New York Ambassador, 2 Cir., 108 F.2d 294, 296, we said that Rule 60(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, authorizing the court, within a reasonable time not exceeding six months, to relieve a party from a judgment, order, or proceeding taken against him through his mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect, indicated the proper grounds (though perhaps not the time) for a bankruptcy court to follow in reopening a bankruptcy decree; We think that rule should control the present case, In re Pottasch Bros. Co., 2 Cir., 79 F.2d 613,…