In re Maplecroft Mills’s Empirical Analysis
218 F. 659 · 1914
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently March 1931
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Russell v. Place · Providence Co v. Hill Manuf'G · In re Watts · Davis v. Brown · In re Wm. S. Butler & Co.
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“■‘The inquiry presented is whether the corporation proceeded against, by admitting the material allegations of the bill in the equity action and joining in the application for the appointment of receivers, can be held in a legal sense to have applied therefor pursuant to section 3a, subd. 4, of the Bankruptcy Act, * * * as amended by Act Feb. 5, 1903, c. 487, § 2, 32 Stat. 797 [Comp. St. § 9587]. * * * “If the company, while insolvent, had voluntarily brought an action to wind up its affairs for the benefit of its creditors, and had applied for the appointment of receivers to take charge of its property, the superior right of the bankruptcy court could not safely be questioned; but the interposition of an answer in an action brought by a contract creditor, admitting therein the truth of the allegations of the bill and joining in the prayer for relief, is not believed to be the equivalent of the term ‘being insolvent, applied for a receiver or trustee for its property.’ In the equity action the complainants applied for receivers on the ground that the Edward Ellsworth Company was nimble to pay its debts as they matured, and that it would be to the advantage of creditors and stockholders to have its affairs wound up. Nowhere in the bill is it asserted that the corporation is insolvent, as that term is defined by section 1, subd. 15, of the Bankruptcy Act [section 9585], Tn fact the bill contains an affirmative allegation that the defendant is solvent. Such averments, together w”
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