Legal Opinion

In re Levi & Klauber

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 5, 1905No. 16PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

1Opinion of the Court

WALLACE, Circuit Judge.

We have no doubt of the competency of the court below to dismiss the petition in involuntary bankruptcy upon the motion of the debtor, made because of the default of the petitioning creditors to prosecute the proceeding; nor do we doubt that the exercise of the power in this case was a matter of discretion which this court cannot review, when it does not appear that the discretion was abused.

If the present creditors, or any of the creditors of the alleged bankrupt, had filed petitions to intervene, or proofs of debt, or had appeared otherwise in the proceeding, a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re LaceyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1874

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re FleischerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1907

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