ISAACS v. HOBBS TIE & T. CO.

No. 72.

282 U.S. 734 (1931)

ISAACS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF THE ESTATE OF HENRIETTA E. CUNNINGHAM, BANKRUPT, v. HOBBS TIE & TIMBER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William R. Watkins for Isaacs, Trustee.

Mr. John R. Duty, with whom Messrs. Claude Duty and W.N. Ivie were on the brief, for Hobbs Tie & Timber Company.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this cause the Circuit Court of Appeals certified the following question:

"After the bankruptcy court has acquired jurisdiction of the estate of the bankrupt and the referee therein has entered an order requiring sale, by the trustee, of all of the property of the bankrupt but before the trustee has taken any steps to sell land (part of such estate) entirely

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