In re Hobbs & Co.
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
In Bankruptcy. On report of special master. On April 21,1904, the Randolph National Bank, James P. Tenley, and Robert Spurling filed in this court their petition against the firm of Hobbs & Co., composed of Frank N. Hobbs. Robert M. Boyle, and Lewis E. Parkinson, asking that said firm be adjudged bankrupt.
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In Bankruptcy. On report of special master. On April 21,1904, the Randolph National Bank, James P. Tenley, and Robert Spurling filed in this court their petition against the firm of Hobbs & Co., composed of Frank N. Hobbs. Robert M. Boyle, and Lewis E. Parkinson, asking that said firm be adjudged bankrupt. On the next day the same parties filed an ancillary petition setting forth that said Hobbs & Co. were building contractors having contracts for building the Davis & Elkins College at Elkins. W. Va., at a contract price of between $40,000 and $50,000, and a business building for W. H. Cobb…
1Opinion of the CourtDayton, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). At the threshold of a consideration of this very voluminous record and the many intricate and perplexing questions involved, it becomes absolutely necessary to keep in view constantly the extent of this court’s jurisdiction in the premises. As a court of bankruptcy, inasmuch as the firm of Hobbs & Co. and its members as individuals have been properly adjudged bankrupts, it is its plain duty (a) to secure control of all the assets of said firm or its individual members, and (b) disburse such assets to the respective creditors of each — firm assets to firm…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Byers v. McAuleySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Grant v. Cumberland Valley Cement Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Niswander & Co. v. BlackWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
- Wagon Co. v. HuttonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Hall's Safe & Lock Co. v. ScitesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
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