Legal Opinion

In re Brinn

District Court, N.D. Georgia

Decided December 17, 1919PublishedCited by 11 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Mrs. S. E. Brinn and Mrs. S. E. Wheless, doing business as the City Telephone Company, a firm. Petition by W. C. Mason and others to review an order of the referee directing a receiver appointed not to deliver property of the bankrupts to the sheriff, etc.

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, District Judge.

J. A. Norris, Mrs. Khetta Norris, and C. J. Wheless petitioned for bankruptcy adjudication against Mrs. S. E. Brinn and Mrs. S. D. Wheless on March 31, 1919, and concurrently *529sought an injunction against a levy and sale of certain telephone property by J. W. Wansley, sheriff of Franklin county, under judgments in favor of W. C. Mason and W. B. Richardson, averring the judgments to have been obtained within four months, and the lien of them to be void under the Bankruptcy Law; also that the property was worth more than the judgments, and asking a receiver for the estates…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Peck v. JennessSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
  2. Metcalf v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Lake Street Elevated RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  4. In Re Watts and SachsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  5. Eyster v. GaffSupreme Court of the United States · 1876

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Straton v. NewSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. In re Dayton Coal & Iron Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1922
  3. First Trust Co. v. BaylorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
  4. In re Beaver Cotton MillsDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1921
  5. Northwestern Pulp & Paper Co. v. Finish Luth Book ConcernCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931

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