Roszell Bros. v. Continental Coal Corp.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
In Bankruptcy. Petition for involuntary bankruptcy by Roszell Bros, and others against the Continental Coal Corporation, to which trustee in voluntary bankruptcy of the defendant in the District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and a committee of creditors filed answers. On exception to referee’s finding as to principal place of business of defendant, and motion to stay proceedings.
1Opinion of the Court
COCHRAN, District Judge.
This is an involuntary proceeding in bankruptcy. The petition.was filed May 5, 1916, and process was served May 8th on the bankrupt’s statutory agent. It is a Wyoming corporation, created in 1911. Its domicile and residence, therefore, are and have always been in that state, and the only possible ground for this court having jurisdiction of the proceeding is that its principal place of business for the preceding six months, or the greater portion thereof, has been in this district. It is so alleged in the petition. On May 8th, after notice of this proceeding, the…
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