Legal Opinion

In re Minners

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided August 3, 1918PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Charles Minners, bankrupt. On petition to reopen estate.

1Opinion of the Court

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge,

[1] A purchaser of real estate from the trustee in bankruptcy in this estate asks the court to reopen the estate, reinstate the trustee, and call a meeting of creditors to confirm the sale which appears to have been made without notice to creditors.

Section 2 (8) ‘of the Bankruptcy Act (Act July 1, 1898,' c. 541, 30 Stat. 545 [Comp. St. 1916, § 9586]) empowers the court, among .other things, to “dose éstates whenever it appears that they have been fully administered, by approving the final accounts and discharging the trus*301tees, and reopen them whenever it…

2Cases cited2 opinions

In re ChandlerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1905
In re Rochester Sanitarium & Baths Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915

3Cited by3 opinions

In Re YoungUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
In re OstermayerDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1947
In re KleinDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1965