159 F. 754 | S.D.N.Y. | 1908
This is a demurrer to a complaint on the ground that the court has no jurisdiction. The suit is brought to recover the possession of property under a, lease held by the bankrupt, which the defendant claims was terminated' by a judgment in dispossess proceedings.
The complaint alleges that the receiver occupied the premises for the month of August, 1906, and that the defendant the Gorham Manufacturing Company wrongfully dispossessed him in September, under a dispossess warrant issued by a magistrate without jurisdiction, and has since been in possession. I think that these allegations show that this court has jurisdiction. I understand the test to be whether the property is or has been in the possession of an officer of the bankruptcy court. If it is in such possession, claimants can be cited into the bankruptcy court, to determine the validity of any claims or liens asserted against
My conclusion is that the demurrer should be overruled, with leave to the defendants to answer on payment of costs.