Legal Opinion

In re Powell

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided May 12, 1954No. 1528PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEAHY, Chief Judge.

On January 27, 1953, Harper Feed Mills, Inc., petitioned to have Edwin R. Powell and Joshua E. Turaer and the partnership known as Powell & Turner, composed of the same individuals, adjudicated bankrupts. By answer the alleged bankrupts denied they were subject to an involuntary proceeding in bankruptcy because as individuals and as a partnership they were farmers engaged primarily in the raising of poultry in an unmanufactured state. The Referee, after hearing testimony, receiving evidence and considering counsel’s arguments, adjudged the individuals and the partnership…

2Cases cited2 opinions

In re MackeyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1901
Lodi Trust Co. v. CohnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939

3Cited by3 opinions

In re WhiteDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1965
In re PowellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
In the Matter of Edwin R. Powell and Joshua E. Turner, Individually, and the Partnership Known as Powell & Turner, Composed of Edwin R. Powell and Joshua E. Turner, Alleged Bankrupts. Edwin R. Powell and Joshua E. Turner, Individually, and the Partnership Known as Powell & Turner, Composed of Edwin R. Powell and Joshua E. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954