voidable order
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From 310 U.S. 1 - Union Joint Stock Land Bank of Detroit v. Byerly · 1940Most cited · 129 citing opinions
The District Court did not lose jurisdiction by erroneously construing or applying provisions of the statute under which it administered the bankrupt estate. Its order was voidable, but not void, and was not to be disregarded or attacked collaterally in the State court.