128 F. 651 | M.D. Penn. | 1903
There can be no question as to the authority of the District Court to order a sale of the bankrupt’s property, free and clear of liens. This is essential to a complete administration of the bankrupt’s estate, and will be implied from the general provisions of the present act, even though not expressly given, as:, in the preceding act of 1867. Collier on Bankruptcy (4th Ed.) 521; Brandenburg on Bankruptcy, § 1195; Ex parte Christy, 3 How. 292, 11 L. Ed. 603; Nugent v. Boyd, 3 How. 426, 11 L. Ed. 664; In re Pittelkow, 1 Am. Bankr. Rep. 472, 92 Fed. 901; Southern Loan & Trust Co. v. Benbow, 3 Am. Bankr. Rep. 9, 96 Fed. 514; In re
The exceptions are overruled, and the order of sale confirmed,