Hamilton Gas Co. v. Watters

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

A conflict has arisen as to which of two federal courts — the District Court of the Southern District of West Virginia or the District Court of the Southern District of New York — has obtained jurisdiction, as a court of bankruptcy, of the proceedings for the reorganization of Hamilton Gas Company, a Delaware corporation, under the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1934, whereby sections 77A and 77B were added to the National Bankruptcy Act (11 USCA §§ 206, 207). The Act of June 7, 1934, was approved by the President át 12 o’clock on that day. The fact that the…