Legal Opinion
In re Scott
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided January 26, 1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Bankruptcy. On questions certified by referee in bankruptcy.
1Opinion of the Court
PURNEIiL, District Judge.
A petition was filed by creditors May 24, 1899, to have I. J. Scott and W. T. Grisham, trading as Scott & Grisham and Scott & Co., declared bankrupts, and an adjudica*405tion made June 20, 1809. Two days thereafter an order was passed requiring the marshal to take possession and hold the property, which consisted of stocks of goods in stores at three points, — Rose-hill, Warsaw, and Wallace. Proceedings were had to have O. J. Scott declared a member of the firm, pending which an arrangement was made between the creditors and bankrupts by which the adjudication was revoked…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The ConquerorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Stuart v. BoulwareSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Cake v. MohunSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Blake v. Francis-Valentine Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1898
3Cited by4 opinions
- Shimer v. PowellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1916
- In re GrantDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1906
- In re Cambridge Lumber Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1905
- In re Metropolitan Motor Car Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1915