Legal Opinion
International Shoe Co. v. Pinkus
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 2, 1929No. 12PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr'. Justice Butler
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In an action in the common pleas court of Chicot County, Arkansas, August 24, 1925, plaintiff in error obtained judgment against Pinkus for $463.43. The debtor was an insolvent merchant doing business in that county. He had 46 creditors; his debts amounted to more than $10,000, and his assets were less than $3,000. On the day judgment was entered, the insolvent, invoking c. 93 of Crawford and Moses’ Digest, commenced a suit in the chancery court of that county praying to be adjudged insolvent and for the appointment of a receiver to take…
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