Cunningham v. German Ins. Bank
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United Stales for the District of Kentucky, in Bankruptcy. This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of the United Stales for the district of Kentucky, sitting in bankruptcy, upon a petition for review of certain orders of the referee respecting the allowance of claims.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United Stales for the District of Kentucky, in Bankruptcy. This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of the United Stales for the district of Kentucky, sitting in bankruptcy, upon a petition for review of certain orders of the referee respecting the allowance of claims. Scanlan & Co., a Kentucky corporation engaged in the manufacture of glass at Louisville, was adjudicated a bankrupt upon the petition of its creditors, and thereupon the matter was referred to John B. Baskin, one of the referees in the said court. On the loth day of November,…
1Opinion of the CourtSeyerens, Circuit Judge
Preliminary matters having been already disposed of, we have now to dispose of the case upon the merits. The first error assigned challenges the ruling of both the referee and the judge allowing the claims of the bank in full as debts of the bankrupt, it being insisted by the creditors that the aggregate of these claims far exceeds the limit of indebtedness which bounds the power of the bankrupt corporation in that regard. This contention of the creditors rests upon the following grounds: .The statute of Kentucky, under which Seanlan & Co. were incorporated, is a general act, providing for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bell & Coggeshall Co. v. Kentucky Glass Works Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Central Trust Co. v. Columbus, H. V. & T. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1898
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- In Re Riggi Bros. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Courier-Journal Job-Printing Co. v. Schaefer-Meyer Brewing Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1900
- Northern Assurance Co. v. Rachlin Clothes Shop, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1924
- Beiser v. Western German BankCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1909
- McCartney v. Clover Valley Land & Stock Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
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