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CHRISTENSEN v. DONOVAN

No. 1-1958.

163 F.Supp. 892 (1958)

Ludvig C. CHRISTENSEN, Cyril V. Francois, Virgin Isle Hotel, Inc. (a corporation), and Ralph Schneider, Petitioners, v. Ross DONOVAN, Alleged Bankrupt.

District Court, Virgin Islands D. St. Thomas and St. John.

As Amended August 9, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cox & Bornn, Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for petitioning creditors.

James A. Bough, Charlotte Amalie, V. I., custodial receiver.

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against Ross Donovan on May 6, 1958. The question presented is whether the National Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq., as amended, is presently applicable in the Virgin Islands, or, in other words, is the District Court of the Virgin Islands a "court of bankruptcy"? The Virgin Islands, acquired by cession from Denmark in 1917, 39 Stat. 1706, was described as an "insular possession" of...

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