Legal Opinion
In re Boynton
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided July 20, 1938No. 34673PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
A bankruptcy court in a strict sense is a court of equity, and is guided by equitable principles in administering the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq., for the benefit of the debtor and the creditors. Harris v. Shafer & Co., 8 Cir., 10 F.2d 351; In re De Ran, 6 Cir., 260 F. 732; In re Young, 4 Cir., 294 F. 1; Searle v. Mechanics’ Loan & Trust Co., 9 Cir., 249 F. 942. Equity in the process of development has assumed the qualities of a composite system. Expansive rather than abstract in the settled rules by which rights are measured and process invoked— not always…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Richmond v. IronsSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Joy v. St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Chapman v. BarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Hardin v. BoydSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hughes Alonzo Robinson v. Tommy C. Mann, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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- Robinson v. Currier (In Re Robinson)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Oregon · 1979
- In re HochmanDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1944