Legal Opinion
In Re Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain R. R. & Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 28, 1954No. 11275PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
Proceedings for the reorganization of The Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company were instituted in the court below in April 1949 pursuant to Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended, Section 205, Title 11, U.S.C.A. The railroad had been in great financial difficulties for many years prior to the Section 77 proceeding. No interest has been paid since 1931 on the Railroad’s Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, secured by a first lien on all of its properties, and the amount of unpaid interest on the bonds now exceeds their face value. In approximately five…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mitchell v. MaurerSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Chatfield v. O'DwyerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
- Fred Reuping Leather Co. v. Fort Greene Nat. Bank of Brooklyn, N. Y.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Smith v. Mortgage & Debenture Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1900
- Hyde Park Lumber Co. v. West Norwood Building & Loan Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- In the Matter of L. F. Grammes & Sons, Inc., Debtor. J. L. Hennessy Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- In the Matter of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Debtor. The Chase Manhattan Bank (N. A.), as Trustee Under the Debtor's General Income Mortgage Dated July 1, 1947, the Committee for the Holders of the Debtor's First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds and Oscar Gruss & Son, Richard Joyce Smith and William J. Kirk, as the Trustees of the Debtor's PropertyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
- Atlas Plywood Corp v. Central Metallic Casket Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
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