Legal Opinion

In re Hawley Down Draft Furnace Co.

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided April 8, 1919No. 4521Published

In Bankruptcy. Proceeding against the Plawley Down Draft Furnace Company. On petition to review a decision of the referee denying the claim of the McClintic Marshall Company for priority in payment from the funds in the hands of the trustee.

1Opinion of the Court

DICKINSON, District Judge.

The points presented by the questions involved in this petition for review are best presented through an outline statement of the facts. ^The more broadly the substantial facts are stated, the more clearly are these points presented. We therefore ignore the mere details and give the substantial facts, rather than a strictly accurate statement of what they are. The case had one of its beginnings in the purpose of the Easton Board of Trade to promote the industrial growth and development of the Easton district by bringing to that locality manufacturing plants which…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Peters v. BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Thomas v. TaggartSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  3. Smith v. Township of Au GresCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906
  4. Walker v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  5. Collins's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883

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