Minkoff v. Steven Jrs.
Decision Date | 03 November 1958 |
Docket Number | No. 74,Docket 25139.,74 |
Citation | 260 F.2d 588 |
Parties | Nathaniel M. MINKOFF, as Treasurer of Joint Board of Dress & Waistmakers' Union of Greater New York, Health & Welfare Fund of the Dress Industry, and Retirement Fund of the Dress Industry of New York, Petitioning Creditors-Appellants, v. STEVEN JRS., Inc., Alleged Bankrupt-Appellee. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit |
Hyman Gold, New York City (Schlesinger & Bloom, New York City, on the brief), for petitioning creditors-appellants.
Benjamin Weintraub, New York City (Elias Mann, Ronald Levy and Levin & Weintraub, New York City, on the brief), for alleged bankrupt-appellee.
Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and MEDINA and LUMBARD, Circuit Judges.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sugarman, J., reversing the denial by Referee Stephenson of a motion to dismiss an involuntary petition in bankruptcy for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We hold that the referee correctly refused to grant the motion to dismiss, and accordingly we reverse the order of the district court, and remand for further proceedings.
Despite the generality of these allegations, the alleged bankrupt filed its answer to the petition on July 23, 1956 generally denying the alleged acts of bankruptcy. The petition having been referred to Referee Stephenson for hearing and determination, on October 31, 1957, the alleged bankrupt moved that the petition be dismissed on the ground that it was legally insufficient and did not state facts sufficient to constitute an act of bankruptcy. After a hearing the...
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