In re Williams

Citations

• 120 F. 38
• 1903 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 354

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy — Courts—Jurisdiction.</p> <p>Under Bankr. Act, § 2 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3420], declaring that the courts of bankruptcy are invested within their respective territorial limits with such jurisdiction in law and equity as will enable them to exercise original jurisdiction in bankruptcy, and (subdivision 7) to cause the estates of bankrupts to be collected, reduced to money, and distributed, and (subdivision 15) to make such orders, issue such process, and enter such judgments in addition to those specifically provided as may be necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of the act, a district court of one district has no jurisdiction to grant an injunction restraining the payment of claims to an alleged bankrupt, where the bankruptcy proceedings are pending in another district.</p>