JOHNSON v. COLLIER

No. 104.

222 U.S. 538 (1912)

JOHNSON v. COLLIER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George D. Motley for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Amos E. Goodhue for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The trustee, with the approval of the court, may prosecute any suit commenced by the bankrupt prior to the adjudication. (§ 11, c.) But the statute is otherwise silent as to the right of the bankrupt himself to begin a suit in the time which intervenes between the filing of the petition and the election of the trustee. There is a conflict in the conclusions reached in...

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