In re Sedgwick
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Bankruptcy. Voluntary proceedings by Robert Sedgwick. On motion to dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a motion to dismiss a voluntary petition in bankruptcy for lack of jurisdiction. The act confers jurisdiction in respect to such persons as '“have had their principal place of business, resided, or had their domicile” within the district where the petition is filed. It is clear that the petitioner had no place of business in this district, and he did not reside here; and no contention is made that this court has jurisdiction upon either of those grounds. The only question is whether the petitioner was domiciled here at the time when this petition was filed on…
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