Gealey v. South Side Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
On Petition to Revise an Order of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Charles P. Orr, Judge. In the matter of the bankruptcy of the National Hog Company. Petition by T. M. Gealey, a receiver appointed by the state court to revise orders in favor of the South Side Trust Company, receiver in bankruptcy.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
Stripped of all incidentals, this petition to revise finally narrows, first, to the question of the right of the District Court to appoint a receiver for the corporation against which a petition in bankruptcy was filed; and, secondly, whether such receiver was warranted in taking possession of a herd of hogs belonging to said company, which prior to the filing of said bankruptcy had *190been seized by a receiver for said corporation, appointed by a state court.
[1] Without here reciting the several acts of the receivers of both courts and the differences between them…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re Watts and SachsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re JarnolDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1922
- Rothwell v. KnightWyoming Supreme Court · 1927
- Harris v. Meek, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Centre County1929