Beekman Lumber Co. v. Acme Harvester Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. B. Teasdale, Judg’e. The court in which the petition was filed had jurisdiction to adjudge the corporation a bankrupt. Sec. 2, subd. 1, National Bankruptcy Law. “The filing of the petition in bankruptcy was a caveat to all the world. It was in effect a caveat and an injunction.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. B. Teasdale, Judg’e. The court in which the petition was filed had jurisdiction to adjudge the corporation a bankrupt. Sec. 2, subd. 1, National Bankruptcy Law. “The filing of the petition in bankruptcy was a caveat to all the world. It was in effect a caveat and an injunction. Thereafter all the property rights of the debtors were ipso facto in abeyance until the final adjudication. . . . No matter where the property of the bankrupt estate may have its situs, if within the United States, it passes to and vests in the trustee-. . . . Under the…
1Opinion of the Court
GANTT, O. J.
This cause originated in the circuit court of Jackson county, December 2, 1903, in which the plaintiff, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, sought to recover of defendant, a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois, and having its chief office and place of business at Peoria in said State, $1,453.58 for lumber sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant, an itemized account of which was annexed to and filed with the petition. On December 24, 1903, a motion was filed by the defendant to stay the proceedings on the ground that there was…
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