Legal Opinion

First Nat. Bank of Chicago v. Prima Co.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 3, 1937No. 6141, 6142PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

The narrow question presented for our determination concerns the power of the District Court sitting as a court of bankruptcy to authorize, in a pending proceeding brought under section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended 11 U.S.C.A. § 207, the issuance of trustee’s certificates which are to have a lien 1 prior to an existing mortgage trust deed on debtor’s property, where the trust deed expressly provided that no lien prior to the trust deed’s lien should be created, secured by the said property.

The debtor, a large manufacturer and distributor of beer, with its place…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Kneeland v. American Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Wood v. Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Hanna v. State Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
  4. Continental Illinois Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1934
  5. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Grape Creek Coal Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illnois · 1892

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Thorp Credit & Thrift Co. v. Pommerer (In Re Pommerer)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1981
  2. Head v. Home Credit Co. (In Re Head)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1980
  3. In Re Prima Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938
  4. In Re Third Ave. Transit Corp. Melniker v. LehmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
  5. In re Penn Central Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974

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