Case Name: In re SCHAPIRO
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1923-01-08
Citations: 286 F. 620
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re SCHAPIRO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 286
Pages: 620–620

Head Matter:
In re SCHAPIRO.
(District Court, D. Maryland.
January 8, 1923.)
Bankruptcy <©=>!91(1) — Levy of distraint warrant after bankruptcy does not create lien.
Distraint warrant issued before bankruptcy, but not levied until afterward, helé not. to create a lien.
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In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Henry Schapiro, bankrupt. Order denying lien by levy of distraint warrant.
George O. Blome, of Baltimore, Md., for petitioner.
Baldwin & Sappington, of Baltimore, Md., for trustee.

Opinion:
ROSE, Circuit Judge.
The question presented is whether a distraint, the warrant for which was issued before the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, but which was not levied until afterwards, constitutes any lien upon the property. The question is really answered by In re Chaudron & Peyton (D. C.) 180 Fed. 841. The distraint, being the act of the landlord, does not affect anything until it is actually levied, and so soon as the petition in bankruptcy is filed, the right to distrain is ended.