Legal Opinion
In re Kehler
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided April 13, 1907No. 2,626PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Bankruptcy. Motion to dismiss involuntary petition on ground of insanity of the bankrupt.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
The involuntary petition was filed in this court before Kehler, the alleged bankrupt, was judicially adjudged a lunatic by the court of common pleas of Schuylkill county, Pa. Upon the instant of filing the petition this court acquired jurisdiction over the property of the bankrupt, and it came under its control and direction. A receiver was subsequently appointed to take the property of the bankrupt found in the Western district of New York into his control and safely keep the same subject to the provisions of the bankrupt act. The term “bankrupt”- includes a person…
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