Legal Opinion

Benitez v. Bank of Nova Scotia

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 8, 1940No. 3402PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entered October 13, 1938, by the United States District Court for Puerto Rico, sitting, in bankruptcy, denying a petition by the debtor-appellant in a proceeding under Section 74 of the Bankruptcy Act as amended, 47 Stat. 1467, 48 Stat. 922, 923, 49 Stat. 246, 11 U.S.C.A. § 202, for a stay of a certain foreclosure sale and of all further proceedings in a foreclosure suit pending before the said District Court in equity.

On October 20, 1936, the Bank of Nova Scotia, appellee herein, filed in the District Court of the United States for…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Meek v. Centre County Banking Co. Dale v. Same. Breeze v. SameSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Meek v. Centre County Banking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. In re L. Stein & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1904
  4. Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
  5. Marnet Oil & Gas Co. v. StaleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1914

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Connolly v. Nuthatch Hill Associates (In Re Manning)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · 1984
  2. In Re Panitz & Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1967
  3. Tinkoff v. GoldCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
  4. Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
  5. Benitez v. Bank of Nova ScotiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942

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