Legal Opinion
In re Beechwood
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided January 12, 1942No. 1238PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORMAN, District Judge.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed by the American Surety Company of New York against John Jacob Beechwood. He filed an answer denying the material allegations of the petition; that he was insolvent and that he had committed two acts of bankruptcy. He further asserted that he was immune from involuntary bankruptcy because he was a farmer within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act.
Pursuant to his demand for a jury trial the issues as to his solvency and commission of acts of bankruptcy were submitted to a jury. It returned a special verdict that he was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- First National Bank & Trust Co. v. BeachSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Flickinger v. First Nat. Bank of VandaliaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906
- City & County of San Francisco v. Market Street Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re MartinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Montana · 1987
- Brent Thomas Jenkins and Brent Thomas Jenkins, D/B/A Jenkins Stock Farms, Alleged Bankrupt v. Petitioning Creditor-Ray E. Friedman & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Jenkins v. Ray E. Friedman & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981