In re Carthage Lodge, No. 365, I. O. O. F.
District Court, N.D. New York
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Carthage Lodge, No. 365, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, bankrupt. On application to vacate the adjudication and dismiss the petition.
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In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Carthage Lodge, No. 365, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, bankrupt. On application to vacate the adjudication and dismiss the petition. This is a motion or application by certain of the creditors of Carthage Lodge, No. 365, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which has been adjudicated a bankrupt, to vacate and set aside the adjudication and dismiss the proceedings, on the ground mainly that a subordinate lodge of Odd Fellows, organized and existing under the laws of the state of New York, is neither a person nor a corporation, nor subject to nor entitled to the…
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
[1] December 10, 1915, Carthage Lodge, No. 365, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the village of Carthage, Jefferson County, N. Y., filed its voluntary petition in bankruptcy praying that:
“Wherefore your petitioner prays that it, the said Carthage Lodge, No. 365, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, may be adjudged by the court to bo a bankrupt within the purview of said acts”
—referring to the acts set out- in the petition. The petition says:
“The petition of Carthage Lodge, No. 365, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the village of Carthage, Jefferson county, N. Y., and…
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