Legal Opinion

In re Bruss-Ritter Co.

District Court, E.D. Wisconsin

Decided December 10, 1898PublishedCited by 16 opinions

In Bankruptcy. On motion to dismiss petition for want of jurisdiction.

1Opinion of the Court

SEAMAN, District Judge.

The petition by five creditors states a prima fació cause within the provisions of the recent act of congress for an adjudication of involuntary bankruptcy against the Bruss-Ritter Company as an insolvent: corporation of Wisconsin. The petition was tiled November 4,1898, mid on November 11, 1898, upon petition showing cause therefor, a. receiver of the effects of said corporation was appointed by order of this court. The motion to dismiss is founded solely upon the contention that tlie bankruptcy act of July 1, 1898, having postponed tlie tiling of any petition for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Tua v. CarriereSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Martin v. BerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
  3. Day v. BardwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  4. Lothrop v. Highland Foundry Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  5. Platt v. ArcherU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1872

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. PinkusSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  2. In re Rouse, Hazard & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1899
  3. In re SmithDistrict Court, D. Indiana · 1899
  4. Bear v. ChaseCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1900
  5. In re Salmon & SalmonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1906

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