Legal Opinion
In re National Motorship Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 24, 1934PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAFFEY, District Judge.
If the bankruptcy petition of the creditors be sufficient on its face — and it is not denied that it is — then, regardless of the motives of the original petitioners or the intervening petitioners, upon proof of the allegations of the petition an adjudication should follow. In re Automatic Typewriter & Service Co., 271 F. 1, 4. On the other hand,' if either (1) estoppel of the creditors to file the petition or (2) commission of a fraud on the court be established, the petition should be dismissed—as to estoppel, see In re Syracuse Stutz Co. (C. C. A.) 55 F.(2d) 914,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Zeitinger v. Hargadine-Mckittrick Dry Goods Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917
- Chicago Bank of Commerce v. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
- Simonson v. SinsheimerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
- In re Automatic Typewriter & Service Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- American Woolen Co. v. American Silk Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re Kingston Square AssociatesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- In Re Caucus Distributors, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1989
- In re Christian & Porter Aluminum Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1970