In re Oregon Bulletin Printing & Pub. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
[In error to the district court of the United States for the district of Oregon.] In September, 1S75, certain creditors filed a petition in bankruptcy in the district court against the Oregon Bulletin Printing and Publishing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Oregon, in which they alleged that they constituted one-fourth in number of the creditors, and held one-third in amount of the aggregate provable debts of the corporation, the amount due them exceeding…
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[In error to the district court of the United States for the district of Oregon.] In September, 1S75, certain creditors filed a petition in bankruptcy in the district court against the Oregon Bulletin Printing and Publishing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Oregon, in which they alleged that they constituted one-fourth in number of the creditors, and held one-third in amount of the aggregate provable debts of the corporation, the amount due them exceeding four thousand dollars; that within the preceding six months the corporation had committed several acts .of bankruptcy,…
1Opinion of the Court
SAWYER, Circuit Judge,
after stating the facts. The question is, whether under the statute, as it now stands, a corporation can be adjudged a bankrupt upon the petition of a single creditor, or any number less than one-fourth of the whole, and without regard to the amount of the debts.
The district judge, in an elaborate and very able opinion, which merits, and which has received, the most careful and respectful consideration, held the affirmative of the proposition. [Case No. 10,558.] On the other hand, in Be Leavenworth Savings Bank [Id. S,1G5], the district judge of the Second district of…
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