In re Pacific Coast Warehouse Co.

Citations

• 123 F. 749
• 1903 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 249

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy—Corporations—Trading or Mercantile Pursuits.</p> <p>A corporation conducting a public warehouse in which it receives and stores grain and other merchandise for hire, issuing receipts therefor, is not engaged in “trading” or “mercantile pursuits,” and is not subject to be adjudged an involuntary bankrupt under Bankr. Act 1898, § 4b, Act July 1, 1848, c. 541, 30 Stat 547 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3423].</p> <p>¶ 1. What persons are subject to bankruptcy law, see note to Mattoon Nat Bank v. First Nat. Bank, 42 C. C. A. 4.</p>