1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 119 F.2d
  5. 119 F.2d 270 (1941)
 

POINSETT LUMBER & MFG. CO. v. DRAINAGE DIST. NO. 7

No. 11780.

119 F.2d 270 (1941)

POINSETT LUMBER & MFG. CO. v. DRAINAGE DIST. NO. 7 OF POINSETT COUNTY, ARK., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

April 26, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. T. Harrison, of Little Rock, Ark. (Humphrey Statter, of New York City, and Thomas S. Buzbee, A. S. Buzbee, and Edward L. Wright, all of Little Rock, Ark., on the brief), for appellant.

Charles D. Frierson, of Jonesboro, Ark., for appellee Drainage Dist. No. 7 of Poinsett County, Ark.

W. R. Satterfield and J. Bowers Campbell, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Before GARDNER, SANBORN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order in bankruptcy denying appellant's petition for leave to institute suit against the debtor in the state court.

The appellee, herein called debtor, is a drainage district created under the laws of the state of Arkansas. The appellant is a New Jersey corporation engaged in owning land and in carrying on a lumber business in the same state.

On September 15, 1937, the debtor filed its petition in the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases