Hoover v. Ober
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 156, Oct. T., 1909, by-defendants, from decree of C. P. Bedford Co., Jan. T., 1909, No. 23, on petition in insolvency in case of George B. Hoover v. John A. Ober. Petition in insolvency. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the decree declaring John A. Ober insolvent and appointing H. B. Cessna, receiver.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
This is an appeal from a decree of the court of common pleas of Bedford county, in and by which John A. Ober, one of the appellants, was declared to be an insolvent and H. B. Cessna was appointed receiver of his insolvent estate.
The decree was made under and in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 4, 1901, P. L. 404.
It was held in Potts v. Smith, 25 Pa. Superior Ct. 206, that “The Pennsylvania act of June 4,1901, relating to insolvency, is suspended by reason of the existence of the federal bankrupt act of July 1, 1898, and does not become operative as to the…
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