In re Cornwall
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
This was a petition by Nathaniel O. Cornwall for the review and reversal of an order of the district court [of the United States, for the district of Connecticut] dismissing his petition, as a creditor of David Cornwall, for an adjudication, declaring the latter a bankrupt. [Case No. 3,251.]
1Opinion of the Court
WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.
On the lGth of June, 1870, Nathaniel O. Cornwall, a resident of Portland, in this district, presented, to the district court his petition, under the 39th and 40th sections of the national bankrupt law [of 18G7 (14 Stat. 53G, 537)], alleging that he is a creditor of David Cornwall, (his father), also a resident of said Portland, averring that the latter has committed an act of bankruptcy, and praying that he be declared a bankrupt, and that a warrant issue to take possession of his estate, that the same may .be distributed, &c. The act of bankruptcy, as stated in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Robbins v. HarveySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1824
- Hart's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1865
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