Ginsberg & Sons, Inc. v. Popkin - 285 U.S. 204 (1932)

U.S. Supreme Court

Ginsberg & Sons, Inc. v. Popkin, 285 U.S. 204 (1932)

Ginsberg & Sons, Inc. v. Popkin

No. 429

Argued February 16, 1932

Decided March 14, 1932

285 U.S. 204

Syllabus

A court of bankruptcy has no authority under § 2(15) of the Bankruptcy Act or § 261 of the Judicial Code to issue a writ of ne exeat against an absconding officer of a bankrupt corporation to the end that he may be examined in the bankruptcy proceedings. P. 285 U. S. 206.

50 F.2d 693, affirmed.

Certiorari, 284 U.S. 609, to review the reversal of an order sustaining the issuance of a writ of ne exeat in bankruptcy proceedings.