Clark v. American Manufacturing & Enameling Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the Unitéd States for the District of West Virginia. This is an appeal from 'a decree of the United States district court for the district of West Virginia, entered on the 12th day of July, 1S99, whereby the American Manufacturing & Enameling Company was, at the instance of J. , E. Poling & Co. and others, creditors of said company, adjudged an involuntary bankrupt.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Unitéd States for the District of West Virginia. This is an appeal from 'a decree of the United States district court for the district of West Virginia, entered on the 12th day of July, 1S99, whereby the American Manufacturing & Enameling Company was, at the instance of J. , E. Poling & Co. and others, creditors of said company, adjudged an involuntary bankrupt. The said company was a corporation doing business under the laws of the state of West Virginia, in the town of Hendricks, Tucker county, in said state. On the day of the organization of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWaddill, District Judge
It will not be necessary, in the view we take of this case, to pass upon all of the assignments of error made, for the reason that, if the deed of assignment was valid, then most of the objections urged by the appellants are concluded by that act, and need not be considered. There would be much force in many of the positions taken by the appellants if there was evidence in the record to support their charges, either of fraud or collusion, by and on the part of the company and its officers, with its creditors, to throw it into bankruptcy. This proof is utterly lacking, and no effort apparently…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- West Co. v. LeaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Davis v. BohleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
- In re GutwilligCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
- In re GutwilligDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1898
- Lea v. George M. West Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1899
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- In re C. W. Bartleson Co.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1917