In re Big Pines Lime & Transportation Co.
District Court, S.D. California
Proceeding to have the Big Pines Lime & Transportation Company-adjudicated an involuntary bankrupt. On exceptions to the report of the special master.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIPPET, District Judge.
[1] This case requires an interpretation of subdivision 4, par. “a,” § 3, Bankruptcy Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 546 (Comp. St. § 9587). That provision provides that a person “being insolvent, applied for a receiver. * * * ” In this case the alleged bankrupt did not apply for a receiver. A suit was instituted against the bankrupt by one Rickershauser, in which the appointment of a receiver was prayed. Other creditors came in and then all parties stipulated that a receiver might be appointed. No receiver, however, was appointed. So the case cannot fall under the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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