IN RE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO.


8 F.Supp. 83 (1934)

In re ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO.

District Court, E. D. Missouri, E. D.

June 15, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Clark and Robert Maloney, both of New York City, for the debtor.

Thomas E. Francis and Charles H. Daues, both of St. Louis, Mo., for the receiver.


DAVIS, District Judge.

The rule is well established in bankruptcy that the debtor may file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy even though other parties have previously filed an involuntary proceeding against him.

Whether the court should proceed under a voluntary petition of a debtor, or a pending involuntary petition against him, is not a question of jurisdiction or of right in the parties, but one of practice; and the adjudication should be made in that...

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