Kyle v. Hammond
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
■ Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. In the matter of Elbridge L. Sweetser, bankrupt. From an order of the Circuit Court (181 Fed. 617), rendered on the petition of John C. Hammond and others, creditors, Warren Ozro Kyle and another, assignees, appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This case arises under the statute in bankruptcy ordinarily known as that of 1867 (Act March 2, 1867, c. 176, 14 Stat. 517). There was a proceeding in the District Court, which came before the Circuit Court on a revisory petition under that act. It is easier and simpler to describe this proceeding by reference to Wiswall v. Campbell, 93 U. S. 347, 23 L. Ed. 923, than by any attempt to give an abstract of the statutes in reference thereto. It was there held that, as the law existed in 1867, the proceeding stopped in the Circuit Court, and could not be taken to the Supreme…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- The Paquete HabanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Lau Ow Bew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Wiswall v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Hubbard v. SobySupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Huntington v. SaundersCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1896
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Kyle v. HammondCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1911
- In re SweetserDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1914