FEDERAL LAND BANK OF SPRINGFIELD v. HANSEN

No. 175.

109 F.2d 139 (1940)

FEDERAL LAND BANK OF SPRINGFIELD v. HANSEN.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 15, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Lindsay O'Connor, of Hobart, N. Y. (Robert D. Jones, of Springfield, Mass., of counsel) for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Before SWAN, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and PATTERSON, Circuit Judges.


PATTERSON, Circuit Judge.

The question is whether the petition of a farmer seeking relief under section 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 203, should have been dismissed by the district court on motion of a mortgagee, on the ground that the proceeding was not brought in good faith and could not bring about the financial rehabilitation of the farmer. The district judge denied the motion to dismiss.

The debtor, Marie P. Hansen, on May 9, 1938, filed...

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