Legal Opinion

Guaranty Trust Co. v. Williamsport Wire Rope Co.

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 26, 1937No. 959PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, District Judge.

The court has for disposition a petition by J. P. A. Comstedt et al., a committee representing certain stockholders of the Williamsport Wire Rope Company, to modify the decree of foreclosure entered on April 12, 1937, and exceptions to the decree by Girard Battenfield et al., certain other stockholders.

The Williamsport Wire Rope Company is in the hands of equity receivers appointed by this court upon a bill filed in September, 1932. Paid of the property in the hands of the receivers is subject to a first mortgage. On December 28, 1936, upon leave of court, the trustees…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Julian v. Central Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
  2. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co. v. Texas Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. Toledo, St. L. & K. C. R. v. Continental Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
  4. Odell v. H. Batterman Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
  5. Minot v. MastinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Guaranty Trust Co. v. Williamsport Wire Rope Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1937

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