GRAND LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS v. McKEE

No. 8581.

95 F.2d 474 (1938)

GRAND LODGE, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF NORTH AMERICA, v. McKEE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 16, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. D. McGill and Walter F. Rogers, both of Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

John L. Nixon, of Jacksonville, Fla., for appellees.

Before FOSTER, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant filed its petition for reorganization under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, 11 U.S.C.A. § 207. This appeal is from an order dismissing it for want of jurisdiction upon the ground that "petitioner is an insurance corporation within the meaning of section 4 of the Bankruptcy Act [as amended, 11 U.S.C.A. § 22]," and excepted from the benefits of the act.

Appellant is a nonprofit corporation, organized...

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