In re Grafton Gas & Electric Light Co.
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
In Bankruptcy. In the matters of the Grafton Gas & Electric Light Company, bankrupt, the Grafton Traction Company, bankrupt, and the Grafton Light & Power Company, bankrupt. Heard on motions of state court receivers .and others to vacate injunction and appointment of trustee.
1Opinion of the Court
DAYTON, District Judge.
These three local corporations have each filed petitions and been adjudicated voluntary bankrupts.
The first named was incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing and supplying electricity for light, heat, and power; the second for the purpose of operating a city street railway; and the third to (1) acquire, lease, own, maintain, build, and operate lines of street and interurban railways; (2) acquire water, coal, oil, gas, electric, steam, and other light, heat, water, and power plants; (3) acquire, own, and operate telephone and telegraph lines and exchanges; (4)…
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- Metcalf v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- In Re Watts and SachsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. BraySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Pickens v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- In re Mullings Clothing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
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- Columbia Ry., Gas & Electric Co. v. State of South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1928
- In Re Greyling Realty CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
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