Legal Opinion

Moore v. Thomas Moore Distilling Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 2, 1912No. Appeal, No. 195PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal, No. 195, Oct. T., 1911, by The Bank of Pittsburgh, from order of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., Fourth T., 1910, No. 91, refusing leave to file answer in case of C. P. Moore et al. v. Thomas Moore Distilling Company. Bill in equity for a receiver. Petition for leave to file answer to a rule nunc pro tunc. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the cr.se. Error assigned was refusal to permit answer to be filed.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The argument on behalf of the appellant has taken a much wider range than is called for by the single question raised by the appeal. The only assignment of error based on an exception relates to the refusal of the court to allow an answer to be filed nunc pro tunc to a rule to show cause, twenty-one days after the return day of the rule.

The receiver of an insolvent distilling company was authorized by the court to sell its real estate, but was unable to obtain a satisfactory price. He petitioned the court, setting out that he had an offer for all the property of the company, real…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Holland v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Adelman, Trustee v. J. McShain, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Marnell v. CrossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Neshannock Township School District v. City of New Castle, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County1957
  4. Watt v. Wright, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Washington County1967

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