Case Name: In re MARKS BROS.
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1905-02-24
Citations: 135 F. 448
Docket Number: No. 1,687
Parties: In re MARKS BROS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 135
Pages: 448–448

Head Matter:
In re MARKS BROS.
(District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.
February 24, 1905.)
No. 1,687.
Bankruptcy—Involuntary Proceedings—New Trial.
A new trial granted, on a petition in involuntary bankruptcy, on the ground of error in the court’s instructions.
In Bankruptcy. On motion for new trial in involuntary proceedings.
Samuel W. Cooper and Benjamin Alexander, for plaintiffs.
William A. Carr, for defendants.

Opinion:
HOLLAND, District Judge.
The sixth reason for a new trial in this case is as follows:
"The learned trial judge erred in his charge to the jury wherein he charged them that it was necessary, in order for them to find a verdict for the respondents, to find that the petitioning creditors had secured control of the judgment of Frederick Geiger, under which the execution issued which was averred to be the act of bankruptcy."
Upon the authority of In re Williams, 14 N. B. R. 132, Fed. Cas. No. 17,706, Clark v. Henne, 11 A. B. R. 595, 127 Fed. 288, 62 C. C. A. 172, and Simonson v. Sinsheimer, 95 Fed. 954, 37 C. C. A. 337, it is clear that this part of the charge of the court is error, and a new trial is therefore granted.