Coy C. Goodrich, Bankrupt v. Kal W. Lines, Trustee of the Estate of Coy C. Goodrich, Bankrupt

This appeal, No. 16510, and the companion appeal, No. 16722, 284 F.2d 874 , portray a long and involved series of proceedings in bankruptcy concerning the affairs of Coy C. Goodrich, appellant herein. Both the appellant and the ap-pellee set out in their briefs detailed “statements of the case,” and from these there is set out below a sufficient chronological report to enable one to understand the nature of these appeals.

On May 27, 1954, Coy C. Goodrich, appellant, filed a petition for an arrangement under the provisions of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Act. On June 29, 1954, he petitioned the District Court asking that the arrangement proceedings be dismissed. The District Court referred the matter to Burton J. Wyman, a referee in bankruptcy, and various hearings were held before the referee. On December 1, 1954, the referee denied appellant’s motion to dismiss, and appellant filed a petition to review the order of the referee. On November 15,1955, the District Court affirmed the order of the referee and ordered that the arrangement proceedings continue. Appellant appealed to this Court from the order of November 15,1955. While this appeal was pending, the referee, on May 16,…