In re Gibney Tire & Rubber Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Bankruptcy. In the Matter of the Gibney Tire & Rubber Company, alleged bankrupt. On motion to vacate adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, District Judge.
[1] The ground of bankruptcy averred in the petition is that designated as “5” in Bankr. Act, § 3, subsec. “a” (Comp. St. 1916, § 9587), to wit, an admission in writing of the inability of the alleged bankrupt to pay its debts and its willingness to be adjudged a bankrupt. The process section of the act (Comp. St. 1916, § 9602) allows five days beyond the return day of the subpoena within which creditors may intervene as parties and as such file answer to the petition. The adjudication here was prior to the expiration of *880the five days. The entry of judgment as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- West Co. v. LeaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- B-R Electric & Telephone Mfg. Co. v. Ætna Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
- In re Northampton Portland Cement Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1910