Griffin v. Lenhart
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling, in bankruptcy; Alston G. Dayton, Judge. In the matter of Isaac W. Semans, bankrupt; C. E. Lenhart, W. W. Parshall, and Frederick G. Kay, trustees, etc. Lily M. Griffin, as committee for Sheridan R. Griffin, an insane person, and others appeal from an order of the District Court.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed against Isaac W. Semans in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania May 29, 1917, and he was adjudicated bankrupt July 31, 1917. A petition was also filed against Josiah V. Thompson in the same court August 20, 1917, and he was adjudicated bankrupt September 10, 1917. Ancillary proceedings were instituted in the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, where both bankrupts had property. About two years prior to the adjudication of Semans and Thompson as bankrupts, the several appellants obtained, in…
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