Bankr. L. Rep. P 77,295 Harry G. Hager v. Ruth A. Gibson, Trustee for Preference, Ltd.

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• finding that state law determines ability of agent to act for a debtor to file a bankruptcy petition
• finding that state law determines ability of agent to act for a debtor to file a bankruptcy petition
• finding that Price does not foreclose the possibility of ratification/relation back if the authorization through ratification is possible under local law
• listing cases applying ratification to validate by relation-back a jurisdiction originally lacking
• applying Virginia law, and concluding that “the unauthorized filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy [o]n behalf of a corporation might be ratified in appropriate circumstances by ensuing conduct of persons with power to have authorized it originally.”
• “It-has long been settled that a basis for diversity jurisdiction not present at the time of commencement of- an action may be supplied by later voluntary acts of a plaintiff, though not of a defendant.”

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