Legal Opinion
In re Epstein
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 13, 1935No. 26903PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.
By this motion Max Epstein, the bankrupt, seeks an order vacating the adjudication in bankruptcy.
Max Epstein was adjudicated a bankrupt (not in this proceeding) and discharged in bankruptcy on September 8, 1933.
On September 24, 1934, the petitioner filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in this proceeding, on which day he was adjudicated a bankrupt. He seeks to vacate the second adjudication in bankruptcy upon the ground that the voluntary petition was filed “under a mistaken idea of the law.”
Section 32 (b), subdivision 5 of title 11 USCA, Bankr. Act, § 14b (5), as…
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- In re SmithDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1907
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