Legal Opinion
In re City of West Palm Beach
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1938No. 8625PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The new Municipal Bankruptcy Act, §§ 81-84, approved August 16, 1937$ and found 11 U.S.C.A. §§ 401-404, was sought to be availed of by City of West Palm Beach, Fla., by a petition filed August 20, 1937. It was dismissed by the District Judge August 30, 1937, without any creditors’ meeting having been called, on the grounds that the petition showed that the plan of composition proposed thereby had been offered by the petitioner and accepted by the majority of the creditors long before the passage of the act and not pursuant to it, and that the accepting creditors had been…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Texas Hotel Securities Corp. v. Waco Development Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- Continental Ins. Co. v. Louisiana Oil Refining Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- In Re Imperial Irr. Dist.District Court, S.D. California · 1935
3Cited by10 opinions
- West Coast Life Ins. Co. v. Merced Irr. Dist.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
- Block v. City of West Palm BeachCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co. v. Imperial Irr. Dist.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
- Wright v. City of Coral GablesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- Ashton v. Town of Deerfield BeachCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
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