In re Order of Sparta
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. Involuntary proceedings in bankruptcy against the Order of Sparta. On motion to vacate the order of adjudication and dismissing the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, District Judge.
[1] The ground upon which this motion is based is the absence of jurisdiction in the court. This assertion in turn is based upon the conceded feature of tire case that if the court has jurisdiction, it is upheld by the provision of the law that “any unincorporated company” may be adjudged a bankrupt, and the further accord upon the fact that the alleged bankrupt is unincorpo*438rated. The difference is upon the question of whether it is a company or such an organization or body as to be within the intendment of the act of Congress. The controversy is one of that class…
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- Cleage v. LaidleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- Brown & Adams v. United Button Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1906
- Davis v. StevensDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1900
- In re Hercules Atkin Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1904
- In re Seaboard Fire UnderwritersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1905
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