Legal Opinion

Adams v. Deckers Valley Lumber Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 14, 1912No. Nos. 1,071, 1,083PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Petition for Revision of Proceedings of and Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Parkersburg, in Bankruptcy; Alston G. Dayton, Judge. In the matter of Creed Collins, bankrupt. From a judgment allow-' ing a claim in favor of the Deckers Valley Dumber Company, Homer Adams, trustee, files a petition for revision, and also appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

WADDILL, District Judge.

[1] The parties to this controversy are the trustee in bankruptcy of the individual estate of one Creed Collins on the one hand, and the Deckers Valley Lumber Company on the other. Collins, together with Charles W. Sprinkle and Elbert M. Bonner, were partners. They called their firm the Collins Company. It and each of its members as individuals have been adjudicated bankrupts. It is admitted that the appellee is a creditor of the firm in a large amount far exceeding $500. It says that such indebtedness is also the individual obligation of each member of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Matter of LovingSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Alexander v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Virginia · 1888
  3. Sanborn v. NealSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1860
  4. Johnson v. WelchWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Waldron v. HughesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Kirsner v. TaliaferroCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1912
  2. Henkin v. FousekCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
  3. In re R. P. Brown & Co.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1925

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