Legal Opinion

In re Levy

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 1, 1919No. 6094PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Abraham Levy, individually and trading as A. Levy & Co., bankrupt. On motions of bankrupt to vacate certain orders.

1Opinion of the Court

On Petition to Vacate Order Reopening Estate.

DICKINSON, District Judge.

[1, 2] The order now asked to be vacated was made under clause 8 of section 2 of the Bankruptcy Act (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 545 [Comp. St. § 9586]), which empowers the court, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it as a court of bankruptcy, to reopen closed estates “whenever it appears they were closed before being fully administered.” The finding upon which the order was predicated was that unadministered assets of the estate had come to light. The petition to vacate is made on behalf of the…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re SchreiberCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
  2. Gerber v. FruchterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  3. Danciger v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
  4. In re ChapmanDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1930
  5. In re HopkinsDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1934

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