Crenshaw v. McKinley

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant is the trustee in bankruptcy of Lindsay Parker McKinley who filed a voluntary petition in the District Court for the Southern District of New York on December 18, 1937, and was adjudicated a bankrupt on December 20, 1937.

Invoking Federal jurisdiction under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act, the appellant on December 6, 1939, sued the bankrupt’s wife, Marjorie M. McKinley; McKinley & Company, Inc., a New York corporation of which she had been the sole stockholder; and the bankrupt, his wife and Marie Pierce as co-partners doing business under the firm name…