Legal Opinion
Philip I. Palmer, Jr., Trustee for Carl Benjamin Schafer, Bankrupt v. Travelers Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1963No. 19966PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITEHURST, District Judge.
There is no apparent dispute concerning the basic facts involved in this appeal. On April 4, 1960, Carl B. Schafer, the bankrupt in these proceedings, had a judgment for $253,161.50 entered against him in the 101st Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas. On July 21, 1960 he filed his voluntary petition in bankruptcy, and this appeal is from a proceeding in that bankruptcy action.
That proceeding involved an application by the Trustee in bankruptcy to proceed — first in discovery, and by later application, in litigation — against Schafer’s insurance carrier…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bardes v. Hawarden BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- In Re Mt. Forest Fur Farms of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
- Hicks v. KnostSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. ScalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
- Wall v. CoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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3Cited by26 opinions
- In the Matter of Lewis Anson David Edgeworth, M.D., Debtor. Donna Elaine Houston v. Lewis Anson David Edgeworth, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Freeman v. SeligsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Venn v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Purdy v. Pacific Automobile InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
- B-U Acquisition Group, Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance (In Re Baldwin-United Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 1985
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