In re Keet
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Exceptions to Order of Referee Directing a Sale of Real Estate.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, District Judge.
There can be no question as to the authority of the District Court to order a sale of the bankrupt’s property, free and clear of liens. This is essential to a complete administration of the bankrupt’s estate, and will be implied from the general provisions of the present act, even though not expressly given, as:, in the preceding act of 1867. Collier on Bankruptcy (4th Ed.) 521; Brandenburg on Bankruptcy, § 1195; Ex parte Christy, 3 How. 292, 11 L. Ed. 603; Nugent v. Boyd, 3 How. 426, 11 L. Ed. 664; In re Pittelkow, 1 Am. Bankr. Rep. 472, 92 Fed. 901; Southern Loan &…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ex Parte City BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Richard Nugent, Assignee of Elizabeth Norton, in Bankruptcy, in Error v. George W. Boyd, Isaac T. Preston, and Abner PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Southern Loan & Trust Co. v. BenbowDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1899
- In re PittelkowDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1899
- In re CogleyDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1901
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