In re White Star Laundry Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the White Star Eaundry Company, an alleged bankrupt. Petitioning creditors sought an adjudication in bankruptcy, and the answer raised an issue whether the business of the •corporation was within the provisions of the act. Petition dismissed.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, District Judge.
The White Star Eaundry Company, a corporation, has made a voluntary assignment, and an adjudication of bankruptcy is sought by petitioning creditors. The answer denies the allegations of the petition as to the business of the corporation, and alleges that its sole business has been to receive clothing and •other articles of other parties to be cleaned and laundered, and perform “the manual and mechanical work of laundering or cleaning the same,” and that it was merely “operating and conducting the usual business of a laundry.” No replication is filed, and the issue is…
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