Legal Opinion · Dissent

Cleveland Insurance v. Globe Insurance

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1879Published

Motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1DissentJustice Clifford

Jurisdiction of the district courts as courts of bankruptcy extends to all acts, matters, and things to be done under and in virtue of the bankruptcy, until the final distribution and settlement of the estate of the bankrupt and the close of the proceedings in bankruptcy. Rev. Stat., sect. 4972,- 14 Stat. 518.

Circuit courts for each district of their respective circuits have a general superintendence and jurisdiction of all eases and questions arising in the district court for such district, when sitting as a court of bankruptcy, which may be exercised by the court in term time or in vacation…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Wiswall v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Suydam v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
  3. The SarahSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  4. United States v. HuckabeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  5. Insurance Co. v. ComstockSupreme Court of the United States · 1873

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