HAMMOND v. LYON REALTY CO.

No. 3296.

59 F.2d 592 (1932)

HAMMOND et al. v. LYON REALTY CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

June 13, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Morfit Mullen, of Baltimore, Md. (Eli Frank, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellants.

Malcolm H. Lauchheimer, of Baltimore, Md. (Sylvan Hayes Lauchheimer, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER and SOPER, Circuit Judges, and WAY, District Judge.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The sole question for decision in this case is whether the dissolution of an insolvent corporation by appropriate action in a state court deprives the federal court of jurisdiction in bankruptcy proceedings subsequently instituted. On November 28, 1931, a creditors' petition in bankruptcy was filed against the Milburn Realty Company, a Maryland corporation, in the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, alleging that...

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