Dold Packing Co. v. Doermann
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. Suit by Prank H. Doermann and others against the Dold Packing Company. From the decree rendered, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. Suit by Prank H. Doermann and others against the Dold Packing Company. From the decree rendered, defendant appeals. This is a general statement of the situation and facts in this case: In March, 1918, the Skinner Packing Company was organized as a corporation under the laws of Maine, with a capital stock of $2,500,000 divided into shares of $100 each, of which 20,000 shares were preferred stock without voting power and 5,000 shares common stock, to which was given the exclusive rights of…
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge,
after stating the case as above, delivered the opipion of the Court.
It will be observed that the proceedings brought against the Dold Company by the receiver were not for the purpose of obtaining-an order relieving him from performance of the lease contract during receivership, as a burden on the estate in administration detrimental to the rights of others having superior claims to the assets in his hands and which might be jeopardized if he were required to, perform. Railway Co. v. Lusk, 224 Fed. 704, 140 C. C. A. 244; Peabody Coal Co. v. Nixon, 226 Fed. 20, 140 C. C. A.…
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