Perry County v. Catholic Order of Foresters

FORD, District Judge.

This case is submitted upon the defendants’ motion to dismiss the bill in equity upon the ground that the facts alleged are insufficient to support the cause of action asserted or to show plaintiff to be entitled to any relief in a court of equity.

The plaintiff, Perry County, is a political subdivision of the State df Kentucky, created for the local exercise of its sovereign powers. Its fiscal affairs are those of the state. The act of Congress of May 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 798 (see 11 U.S.C.A. §§ 301, 302, 303), by which the National Bankruptcy Laws were so amended as to…