In re Hartz’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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1. ““On the 28th day of February, 1908, a petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the Madson Steele Company, and in due course the said corporation was adjudicated a bankrupt, and Frank M. McKey was appointed its trustee in bankruptcy. Application was made to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for an authorization to examine pursuant to the provision of section 21a of the national Bankruptcy Act, the officers of a New York corporation which it was alleged had, within four months prior to the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, received a payment under circumstances which would permit of recovery by the trustee in bankruptcy as a voidable preference. These officers were residents of the Southern district of New York. The application in the Southern district of New York was made on behalf of the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate, whielr was being administered in tile Northern district of Illinois, and the order proposed for signature required the examination of witnesses within the jurisdiction of the District Court for the Southern district of New York, and the production of books and vouchers which contained transactions between the bankrupt corporation and the New York corporation. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York refused to direct the appearance and examination of the said witnesses, on the ground that it had no jurisd”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re FLAHERTY