Legal Opinion

In re Crisp

District Court, E.D. Tennessee

Decided February 5, 1917No. 1787PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the voluntary proceedings of Frederick Ambrose Crisp, bankrupt. On referee’s certificate recommending that the petition be dismissed for want of prosecution.

1Opinion of the Court

SANFORD, District Judge.

The referee, on January 25, 1917, filed a certificate showing, in substance: that Crisp, on November 23, 1916, filed his voluntary petition in bankruptcy, accompanied by an affidavit of poverty and without prepayment of the statutory filing fees, *420and was adjudged a bankrupt on November 24, 1916; that his schedules disclosed no assets out of which, any expenses of the proceeding may be paid; that, there being no funds out of which to pay the expense of publishing notice of the first meeting of creditors required by section 58b of the Bankruptcy Act, the referee, to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re JonesDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1913
  2. Buck v. FelderDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1912
  3. In re MatthewsDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1899

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. American Guaranty Corporation and Harry H. Burton, Receiver v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
  2. Saper v. VivianiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
  3. Saper v. VivianiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
  4. Zimmerman v. EdenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1931
  5. In re SchwartzDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1936

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