Legal Opinion
In re Harper & Bros.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 13, 1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Bankruptcy.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
On January 21, 1900, a petition was filed by three creditors to have Harper & Bros, adjudged bankrupt. Harper & Bros, were organized as a corporation under the laws of. this state in 1896, upon a capitalization of $5,000,000. Being in financial difficulties, with the approval of about 90 per cent, of its creditors, the directors on December 4, 1899, applied to the supreme court by petition to have the corporation dissolved, and its affairs wound up pursuant to the laws of this state pertaining to domestic corporations. On the same day the State Trust Company was ap*267pointed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Empire Metallic Bedstead Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
3Cited by4 opinions
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- In re Wilmington Hosiery Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1903
- In re Henry Zeltner Brewing Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1902
- In re McKeehan Furniture Co.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1927