In re Jones
| Decision Date | 14 November 1913 |
| Docket Number | 1,410. |
| Citation | 209 F. 717 |
| Parties | In re JONES. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Tennessee |
E. G Stooksbury, of Knoxville, Tenn., and H. B. Brown, of Jellico Tenn., for creditors.
Bowen & Anderson, of Knoxville, Tenn., for other creditors.
John Jennings, Jr., of Jellico, for alleged bankrupt.
1. The demurrer to the petition in bankruptcy must be stricken out without consideration of its merits. Proceedings in bankruptcy generally are in the nature of proceedings in equity. Bardes v. Hawarden Bank, 178 U.S. 524, 535 20 Sup.Ct. 1000, 44 L.Ed. 1175. In so far as consistent with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act and the General Orders in Bankruptcy they are to be administered in accordance with the rules and practice in equity. In re Broadway Savings Trust Co. (8th Circ.) 152 F. 152, 153, 81 C.C.A. 58; Westall v. Avery (4th Circ.) 171 F. 626, 628, 96 C.C.A. 428; Collier on Bank'cy (9th Ed.) 21; 1 Remington on Bank'cy, Sec. 20, p. 37; 3 Remington on Bank'cy, Sec. 20, p. 3. And the 37th General Order in Bankruptcy (89 F. xiv, 32 C.C.A. xxxvi) specifically provides that:
'In proceedings in equity, instituted for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the act, or for enforcing the rights and remedies given by it, the rules of equity practice established by the Supreme Court of the United States shall be followed as nearly as may be.'
However, by rule No. 29 of the Rules of Equity Practice (33 S.Ct. xxvii), which were promulgated by the Supreme Court November 1, 1912, and went into effect on February 1st of this year, demurrers are abolished, and it is provided that every defense in point of law arising upon the face of the bill which might heretofore have been made by demurrer shall be made by motion to dismiss or in the answer. I think it is clear that under the authorities above cited the necessary effect of this new equity rule is to abolish demurrers to petitions for an adjudication in bankruptcy, and to require that every defense in point of law arising upon the face of such petition which might heretofore have been made by demurrer shall be made by motion to dismiss or in the answer. For that reason, without considering the sufficiency of the demurrer otherwise, it must be stricken out.
2. The petition of the petitioning creditors for leave to amend the original petition for an adjudication so as to specifically allege as an...
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