Re C, an Arranging Debtor

JurisdictionIreland
Judgment Date01 January 1926
Date01 January 1926
CourtSupreme Court (Irish Free State)
S. C.,
In re C., an Arranging Debtor

Acceptance of arrangement by statutory majority of creditors - Whether "reasonable and proper to be executed under the direction of the Court" - Discretion of Bankruptcy Judge - Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act, 1857 ( 20 21 Vict., c. 60), s. 353.

C., a retail trader, finding himself in difficulties in the year 1923, wrote to his principal creditors (a group of firms who supplied him with goods) stating his position. They agreed not to press their claims then, and C. continued to trade. His position not improving, he wrote in...

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3 cases
  • Re Nc
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 26 November 1999
    ...in that case Maguire C.J. (at page 240) quoted the following passage from the judgment of Kennedy C.J. in In Re C., an Arranging Debtor [1926] I.R. 14 as being of a great deal of help in determining in general the nature of the grounds upon which an offer might be rejected as being unreason......
  • Re H., an Arranging Debtor
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1958
    ...accepting the proposal of the arranging debtor and that the order of adjudication must be discharged. In re C., An Arranging DebtorIR [1926] I.R. 14 applied. ...
  • Re McKeown
    • Ireland
    • High Court (Irish Free State)
    • 16 March 1934
    ... ... In re McKeown Statutory majority of creditors in favour of debtor's proposal - Arrangement rejected by the Court and the matter adjourned into Bankruptcy - Costs of petitioner - Form of order as to costs - Irish ... It never was the law nor the practice that the full costs incurred by an arranging debtor where the arrangement was not carried should be allow cd in the bankruptcy. Form of order as to such costs prescribed ... ...