Legal Opinion

Bostian v. Schapiro

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 11, 1944No. 12793PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The trustee of the Kansas City Journal-Post Company, bankrupt, petitioned the referee for a summary order against Morris Schapiro to turn over $24,000 alleged to belong to the estate. To a show-cause order, Schapiro responded that he had legal title to the funds and was an adverse claimant, and he asked that the trustee’s petition therefore be dismissed for want of summary jurisdiction. On a preliminary inquiry, the referee held that the matter properly was cognizable in summary jurisdiction and ordered that the cause proceed to trial on its merits. Schapiro petitioned…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Co. v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. Harrison v. ChamberlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  4. May v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. In Re MeiselmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. In Re Kansas City Journal-Post Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
  2. Bradley v. St. Louis Terminal Warehouse Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
  3. In the Matter of Wiltse Brothers Corporation, Bankrupt. Barton-Malow Company v. William H. Dempster, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
  4. Process-Manz Press, Inc. v. LimperisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
  5. Bostian v. SchapiroCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944

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