In re Eisenberg

Citations

• 117 F. 786
• 1902 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy—Person Entitled to Benefit of Statute—Insane Persons.</p> <p>Bankr. Act, § 4a, declares that any person who owes debts, except a corporation, shall be entitled to the benefits of the act, as a voluntary' bankrupt; and section 59a provides that any qualified person may file a petition to be adjudged a voluntary bankrupt. Held that, as an insane person is disqualified from performing tbe duties and assuming the burdens and obligations which accompany the benefits to be derived from the bankrupt act, he was not a qualified person, entitled to the benefits thereof.</p>