Legal Opinion

In re Geister

District Court, N.D. Iowa

Decided November 4, 1899PublishedCited by 13 opinions

In Bankruptcy. On petition praying for an order restraining the further prosecution of an action pending in a state court against the bankrupt.

1Opinion of the Court

SHIRAS, District Judge.

In the petition now submitted to the court and filed by Henry W. Geister it is averred that on the 13th day of October, 1899, he was duly adjudicated a bankrupt by the referee of O’Brien county, Iowa, and that the proceedings are still pending before the referee; that on the 21st of September, 1899, an action was commenced in the district court of O’Brien county against him, on behalf of Knapp, Spencer & Co., Henry H. Yan Brunt, and the Tredway & Sons Hardware Company, upon a claim which will be barréd by the discharge in bankruptcy, should one be granted him in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Eyster v. GaffSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Boynton v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Hill v. HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1883

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Connell v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. In re HornsteinDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1903
  3. Harvey Company Limited v. BradenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
  4. St. Louis World Publishing Co. v. Rialto Grain & Securities Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1904
  5. Hunter v. LissnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907

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