In re Valecia Condensed Milk Co.
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the bankruptcy of the Valecia Condensed Milk. Company. On review of proceedings before referee to determine the validity of bonds held by the National Bank of L,a Crosse.
1Opinion of the Court
GEIGER, District Judge.
[1] That the referee acquired jurisdiction to pass upon the validity of the bonds held by the bank does not, it seems to me, admit of serious controversy. The power to determine the extent, character, or validity of claims or liens asserted against property in the hands of the bankruptcy court is necessarily broad; and when the trustee filed a petition upon which creditors claiming to hold liens were required to come in, to the end that the court determine whether the property be sold subject to or freed from liens, such broad jurisdiction not only attached against the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In re Progressive Wall Paper Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- Pfister v. Milwaukee Electric Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- First Savings & Trust Co. v. Waukesha Canning Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1914
- National Foundry & Pipe Works v. Oconto Water Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1892
- In re Progressive Ware Paper Corp.District Court, N.D. New York · 1915
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Fierman v. Seward Nat. Bank of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
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- In re Hoover-McClintock Motor Car Co.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1924