Legal Opinion
In Re Realty Associates Securities Corporation
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 20, 1943No. 45024PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.
The debtor filed a petition for voluntary-reorganization under Chapter X of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 501 et seq., to which two creditors interposed an answer raising certain objections. After trial of the issues, the debtor made oral application to the court for the awarding of costs, upon which decison was reserved.
Though research of counsel and the court have unearthed no case where the power to award ordinary statutory costs against answering creditors in a Chapter X proceeding was directly in issue, it would appear that such authority clearly exists…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gold Dust Corporation v. HoffenbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- Motion Picture Patents Co. v. SteinerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
- Clark-Herrin-Campbell Co. v. H. B. Claflin Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1914
- In re MiersDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1912
3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. Ralph W. RossCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- 1507 Corp. v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- 1507 Corporation v. Henry HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Mohamed Ali and Nadia Ali v. A & G Company, Inc. And Saadi IbrahimCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Mohamed Ali and Nadia Ali v. A & G Company, Inc. And Saadi IbrahimCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976