Legal Opinion
Shearin v. Cortez Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 27, 1937No. 8436PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The Cortez Oil Company was on December 30, 1936, adjudicated a bankrupt on a voluntary petition which scheduled debts amounting to $39,454 and assets estimated at $31,522. On January 28, 1937, Russell Shearin as a stockholder, McGinley Corporation as a stockholder and creditor, and U. M. Simon as a director of the corporation joined in a motion to vacate the adjudication. The bankrupt and its trustee in bankruptcy resisted by motions to strike and by answers. Another stockholder and seven creditors whose allowed claims are 93 per cent, of the scheduled unsecured debts…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dryden v. Ranger Refining & Pipe Line Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1922
- Burdick v. DillonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1906
- Smith v. Chase Nat. Bank of City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
- Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
- In re Beaver Cotton MillsDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1921
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In The Matter Of Commonwealth Oil Refining Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- J.A. Olson Company v. City of Winona, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- In Re DeSoto Crude Oil Purchasing CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1940
- In Re Great Lakes Hotel AssociatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1992
- C. B. Porterfield and Morris Margulis, Intervenors v. L. M. Gerstel, Receiver of Metal Extrusions, Inc., BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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