Missouri Valley Cattle Loan Co. v. Alexander
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. In the matter of the Missouri Valley Cattle Doan Company, alleged bankrupt. Involuntary petition of Thomas M. Alexander and others, alleged creditors. From an order of adjudication the company appeals. Reversed. Also appeal by Bank of Cartersville from an order denying its petition to set aside the adjudication.
1Opinion of the Court
GARLAND, Circuit Judge.
On July 2, 1920, Peterson, Satterfield, Fuller, Brooke, McNally. Davidson, and Alexander, claiming to be creditors of Missouri Valley Cattle Loan Company, filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against it praying that said company be adjudged a bankrupt. The petitioners claimed to be creditors for the reason that they had been induced to enter into contracts for the purchase of the stock of the alleged bankrupt by false and fraudulent representations of its agents, and that in pursuance of said contracts petitioners had given to it cash and promissory notes; that…
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