In re Luxor Cab Mfg. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the CourtL. Hand, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). As we agree with the District Court that the only appointment of the receivers was on June 29, it is not necessary to decide whether the Act of May 27, 1926, is retroactive as respects acts of bankruptcy committed between the date of its passage and August 27, 1926. Assuming that it is, it is plain that an act of bankruptcy was committed on June 29, 1926, when the temporary receivers were appointed; for it is scarcely possible that the alleged bankrupt should have been insolvent on August 3, and solvent on July 29, even though meanwhile in the custody of…
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