SPELLINGS v. DEWEY

No. 11950.

122 F.2d 652 (1941)

SPELLINGS et al. v. DEWEY et al. (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION, Intervener).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

September 9, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene R. Warren, of Little Rock, Ark. (W. H. Holmes, of Little Rock, Ark., on the brief), for appellants.

Charles D. Frierson, of Jonesboro, Ark. (Joe C. Barrett, of Jonesboro, Ark., and J. Bowers Campbell, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before GARDNER and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges, and COLLET, District Judge.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The dominating question is whether, in a proceeding for composition of the indebtedness of Drainage District No. 7 of Poinsett County, Arkansas, under the Act of August 16, 1937, as amended, 11 U.S. C.A. §§ 401-404, an order of the bankruptcy court, which attempted to preserve and protect the status of the Commissioners of the District, was an interference with the political or governmental powers of the District, in violation of...

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