Legal Opinion
Newfield v. East River Sav. Bank
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 24, 1941No. 198PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents an interesting question of summary jurisdiction in bankruptcy. It arises upon a petition filed by the trustee in bankruptcy to which the appellee, East River Savings Bank, filed a special appearance and answer denying the referee’s jurisdiction to determine in a summary proceeding the issues of the controversy presented by the petition. The referee ruled in favor of jurisdiction; upon petition for review the District Court set aside his order and dismissed the petition for lack of summary jurisdiction. This appeal followed.
It is conceded that the…
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