Complaint against creditor committee’s refusal to include assets

BGE 83 III 120Federal Supreme Court Official Reports (BGE) / Band IIIJun 26, 1957Confirmed

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The court held that, in composition liquidation proceedings, a creditor committee’s refusal to admit assets (Admassierung) may be challenged by complaint. It approved the lower court’s view and reasoned that there is no basis for treating such decisions differently from comparable orders issued by the bankruptcy office in bankruptcy proceedings, which are open to complaint by any creditor under established practice.

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Complaint against a creditor committee’s refusal to order inclusion of assets in composition liquidation; such refusal is subject to complaint. In the absence of any reason for differentiation, decisions of the creditor committee in Nachlassliquidation are to be treated like comparable measures of the bankruptcy office in bankruptcy proceedings, which any creditor may attack by complaint (cf. BGE 64 III 36; consid. 1).

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83 III 120

Auszug aus dem Entscheid vom 26. Juni 1957 i.S. Obrist.

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Die in BGE 80 III 51 offengelassene Frage, ob ein die Admassierung ablehnender Beschluss des Gläubigerausschusses durch Beschwerde angefochten werden könne, ist von der Vorinstanz mit Recht bejaht worden. Es ist nicht einzusehen, wieso für derartige Beschlüsse des Gläubigerausschusses im Nachlassliquidationsverfahren etwas anderes gelten sollte als für entsprechende Verfügungen des Konkursamtes im Konkursverfahren, die nach der Praxis jeder Gläubiger durch Beschwerde anfechten kann (BGE 64 III 36).

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insolvencycomposition liquidationcreditor committeecomplaintasset inclusion

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Key legal question

Whether a creditor committee’s refusal to order the inclusion of assets in a composition liquidation can be challenged by complaint.

Extracted holding

Yes. Such a refusal may be attacked by complaint, just as comparable orders of the bankruptcy office in bankruptcy proceedings may be challenged by any creditor.

Extracted reasoning

There is no reason to treat decisions of the creditor committee in composition liquidation differently from comparable measures of the bankruptcy office in bankruptcy; established practice allows any creditor to complain against those measures.

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