Gorman-Wright Co. v. Wright
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, by which a receiver was appointed, with directions to take possession of the stocks, money, bonds, and other assets of the corporation known as the Gorman-Wright Company. The appellee, R. H. Wright, complainant below, was, when he filed his bill, neither a creditor of said company, nor a stockholder in the same, but was, as he alleged in his bill, a pledgee of 100 shares of the capital stock of that company, of the par value of $100 each; the same, having been…
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