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In re Archer, Harvey & Co.

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided April 24, 1923PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSE, Circuit Judge.

Archer, Harvey & Co., the bankrupts, were stockbrokers. The problems to be solved are the result of the firm’s having proven false to its trusts, in that it took for itself securities which belonged to others. In varying degrees, a similar state of- things exists in a distressingly large proportion of all brokerage failures. We all have intimate friends and acquaintances among the brokers. We know they are as trustworthy, upon the average, as the rest of us. What is the matter with the mechanism of a business in which, under pressure, so many theretofore good men go so…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Duel v. HollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. In re J. C. Wilson & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1917
  3. Merchants' National Bank v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1909
  4. In re T. A. McIntyre & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
  5. In re TooleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Leonard v. HuntCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1929
  2. Vance Lumber Co. v. Fraser, Goodwin & ColverWashington Supreme Court · 1931
  3. In re CawleyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1928
  4. Leonard v. HuntCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1929
  5. McKee v. HummelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1927

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