In re the Receivership of Frederica Water, Light & Power Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Exceptions were taken by the receiver to the claim filed against the receivership estate by Tippett and Wood, by which is sought the right to remove from the property of the Frederica Water, Light and Power Comapny a water tank, erected thereon under an agreement or contract of conditional sale. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
In the course of administering the affairs of the insolvent company, exceptions were taken by the receiver to the claim filed by Tippett and Wood, and the facts as agreed upon by counsel are in substance these: Tippett and Wood on March 30,1911, offered to erect an iron water tower on land of the company, and on May 19,1911, a formal contract was made with the company for the work, with a provision that no right or title to the tower should pass to the company, or to any other person, until it was fully paid for in installments, and in default of payments the seller could enter…
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