Case Name: CAPITOL TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, American Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1962-04-04
Citations: 300 F.2d 755
Docket Number: No. 19250
Parties: CAPITOL TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, American Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 300
Pages: 755–756

Head Matter:
CAPITOL TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, American Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Appellees.
No. 19250.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
April 4, 1962.
Arnold S. Kaye, Schell, Kaye & Nodvin, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.
Charles H. Kirbo, M. H. Blackshear, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., King & Spaulding, Atlanta, Ga., for appellees.
Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and JONES and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The district court applied in this cause the rule that creditors who have secured voidable preferences from an insolvent debtor may become petitioners in an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding upon a surrender of their preferences. We approve the decision and the judgment of the district court is
Affirmed.