Legal Opinion
In re Mahaffey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 10, 1942No. 256PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether a court of bankruptcy may, under § 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 203, permit a farmer-bankrupt’s farm to be foreclosed in State proceedings because of the bankrupt’s failure to make repairs to the premises and payments on current and back taxes, as directed by the bankruptcy court. The bankrupt, Mrs. Florence C. Mahaffey, filed a debtor’s petition under § 75 on January 19, 1940. At that time she owned a farm in the Town of Dix, Schuyler County, New York, and a parcel of unfilled farm and timberland in the Town of…
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