IN BB
NEGLEY.
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discharge was made in 1874, and opposition made thereto in March of that year, and action thereon has been postponed and continued for now 10 years, and no excuse is shown or suggested for this delay. The bill seems to be without equity, and its further retention in the district court, even if the court had jurisdiction, would work hard. ship to the defendants, who are entitled to have an adjudication of their rights under their lien, which is now over 20 years old. The order of the district court will be affirmed.
In re NEGLEY, Bankrupt,l (District Oourt, W. D. PennsylfJ(tnia.
May 14, 1884.)
BANKRUPTCy-A.CTION IN STATE OOURT-INJUNCTION.
The bankrupt court will not restrain by an injunction an actlon brought in the state court by a creditor seeking to recover his whole debt from a bankrupt who has effected a composition.
In Bankruptcy. Sur motion for an injunction to restrain proceedings at law. On the second day of December, 1876, D. C. Negley filed his petition for adjudication in bankruptcy. Among the creditors in his schedules appea..ad "H. C. Kelsey, Erie, Pennsylvania, dealer in ice," for $1,500, on a promissory nottl dated May 1, 1876, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due November 4, 1876, drawn by the firm of Negley Bros. & Cunningham, indorsed by R. H. Negley and D. C. Negley, for ice. On the twenty-seventh da.y of November, 1876, suit had been brought on this note, and also on a book account, for about $66.55, at No. 1,071, December term, 1876, in the court of common pleas, No.1, of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, by the Erie Ice Company against Negley Bros. & Cunningham, and judgment was obta.ined by defend· ant, on December 11, 1876, for $1,575.95. On December 16, 1876, the bankrupt presented a petition for a composition under the provisions of the bankrupt law. Among the creditors named in the schedule appeared "H. C. Kelsey, Erie, Pa., $1,500." This composi. tion was effected, but the bankrupt was unable to comply with its terms, and, on November 5, 1881, presented a petition for a meeting of creditors to vary the composition previously accepted. On the schedule presented at that meeting appeared "Kelsey, H. C., (Erie Ice Company,) Erie, Pa., $1,315.62." This meeting was held, and a composition effected. When the amount of composition was tendered to thei:'le creditors they refused to :1ccept it, and a 8cire facia8 was issued on June 1, 1882, to revive the lien of the judgment at No. 1,071, December term, 1876, which is still pending... The bankrupt, therelFrom the Pittsburgh LegaLJonrnal.
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FEDERAL REPORTER.
fore, presented his petition in this court, asking for an injunction to restrain said creditors and their counsel from further prosecuting their scire facias in said case. W. K. Jennings, for the bankrupt. C. C. Dickey and George Shiros, Jr., for the creditors. ACHESON, J. Mr. Blumenstiel, in his treatise on the T.Jaw and Prac. tice in Bankruptcy, at page 452, says: "If, however, the time stipulated in the resolutions for the payment of the composition has passed, the court will not restrain any action brought by a creditor who may seek to recover his whole delJt, notwithstanding the settlement. The debtor, in such a case, will be left to interpose such defense by pleading the resolutions, or otherwise, as he llIay deem advisable."
This doctrine is reasonable, and is fully supported by the authorities cited by this author, one of which is a decision of the la te Judge KETCHAM. In re Lytle, 14: N. B. R. 457. In the analogous case of an execution against a discharged bankrnpt it is held that Mle bank· rupt court will not interfere by injunction, (Penny v. Taylor, 10 N. B. R. 200,) nor will the bankrupt court protect, by injunction, the vendee of 1:.he bankrupt's property sold by the assignee from hostile claims. Adams v. Crittenden, 17 FED. REP. 42. In the present case it is not to be doubted that the state courts will give proper effect to the composition in bankruptcy. And now, May 14, 1884, the motion for an injunction is dismissed without prejudice to the right of the bankrupt to set up the composition in bankruptcy by plea or otherwise.
UNITED STATES (District (Jourt,
V.
BARGER. June 3,1884.)
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Pennsylvania.
CRnI:INAL LAW-REMISSION OF FORFEl'l'ED RECOGNIZANCES.
During the term at which a recognizance in a criminal cause is forfeitedtha court will take off the forfeiture where substantial justice is thereby subserved, although the case may not be strictly within the Jettpr of section 1020 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the remission of forfeited recognizances.
Sur Rule to Show Cause why forfeiture of recognizance should not be taken (Iff. Wm. A. Stone, for the United States. Hugh W. Weir and J. lVI. Garrison, for defendant. ACHESON, J. During the term when it is rendered or entered of record, a judgment or an order, however. conclusive in its character, js .under the control of the' court pronouncing it, and may then be .set vacated, or modified.. Bronson v. Schulten, 104 U. S.. 410. Upon this principle. I think the court has the power to take off the forfeiture of the recognizance in this case, .although it may not be