Court Opinion

ID: 8809851
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-26 14:59:57.396717+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:04:14.801598
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PARDEE, Circuit Judge
(dissenting). Considering the facts and circumstances of this case, I have serious doubts as to whether this court has jurisdiction of this appeal.
The proceeding in the bankruptcy court was one for marshaling liens on property and funds within the custody of the court, administrative in character, in which there was no contest over the amount of any claim, and the only contest was as to the rank of the lien of the Atlanta National Bank, and therefore it seems to me that no appeal lies from the final decision of the court. The right to appeal must be found in section 25 of the Bankruptcy Law (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 553 [Comp. St. 1916, § 9609]), and, as that section has been construed by the courts, no appeal lies thereunder in administrative proceedings. In re Whitener, 105 Fed. 180, 44 C. C. A. 434; Coder, Trustee, v. Arts, 213 U. S. 223, 29 Sup. Ct. *281436, 53 L. Ed. 772, 16 Ann. Cas. 1008; Matter of the Petition of Loving, Trustee, 224 U. S. 183, 32 Sup. Ct. 446, 56 L. Ed. 725.
If the court has jurisdiction in the case, I dissent from the reasoning and conclusion of my Brethren denying the lien of the Atlanta National Bank, because the same was not duly recorded. The question presented arises, and should be decided, under Georgia law, and under that law I think the decision in the lower court was correct. ' The reasoning and authorities are fully stated in the opinion of Judge Newman, found in the transcript, and I concur with him as to the conclusion reached.