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JOHN HANCOCK INS. CO. v. BARTELS

No. 33.

308 U.S. 180 (1939)

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. BARTELS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. L.M. Bickett, with whom Messrs. John H. Bickett, Jr. and Byron K. Elliott were on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. T.E. Mosheim, Elmer McClain, and William Lemke, with whom Messrs. Alfred Aram, Harold M. Sawyer, and Francis R. Taylor were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this proceeding brought by a farmer under § 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, the District Court dismissed the debtor's petition. The Circuit Court of Appeals held that this action was contrary to the requirements of the statute and directed the proceeding to be reinstated. 100 F.2d 813. Because of conflict in the rulings of the Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit, due...

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