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Bankruptcy-Limitation Of Actions By Trustee As Affected By Section Ll(E) Of The Federal Bankruptcy Act, David H. Armstrong S.Ed.
Bankruptcy-Limitation Of Actions By Trustee As Affected By Section Ll(E) Of The Federal Bankruptcy Act, David H. Armstrong S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Trustee in bankruptcy sued to recover a preference voidable under a state statute which also provided that an action to recover such a preference must be commenced within six months after application for a trustee. The present suit was commenced one year after the bankruptcy petition was filed. Defendant moved to dismiss for failure to comply with statutory limitations. Held, motion denied. Section II(e) of the Bankruptcy Act supersedes the state statute of limitations in this case. Engstrom v. De Vos, (D.C. Wash. 1949) 81 F. Supp. 854.
Conflict Of Laws - Remarriage After Divorce
Conflict Of Laws - Remarriage After Divorce
Michigan Law Review
H obtained a divorce in Alabama under a statute prohibiting remarriage without. permission of the court. He remarried in Tennessee, where the statute prohibited remarriage during the life of the other spouse. Held, the Tennessee law applied to divorces obtained in that state only. In the absence of express words. to that effect, the Alabama statute had no extra-territorial effect; and the marriage, valid where performed, was valid everywhere. Smith v. Goldsmith, (Ala. 1931) 134 So. 651. H secured a divorce in Vermont under a statute declaring void any remarriage within three years, either within or without the …