Legal Opinion
Connecticut Ry. & Lighting Co. v. Palmer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 13, 1940No. 201PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, Circuit Judge.
The claim is for damages on rejection of a lease by a railroad in course of reorganization under section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 205. The claim has already been considered by this court and by the Supreme Court, and is here again after a second trial in the district court.
The claimant leased a street railway system to the New Haven for a 999 year term beginning in 1906. The agreed rent was $1,049,563.50 a year, and the New Haven was also to pay taxes on the lessor’s income from the property. In October 1935, the New Haven filed petition for…
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Palmer v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Fred I. Putnam and James A. Overman v. Harry C. Lower, John Kadlec, George S. Herning, Edgar L. Peecher, William E. Barquist and Norman L. BunkerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Tampa Electric Company v. Nashville Coal CompanyDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1963
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- In Re Dant & Dant of KentuckyDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1941
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