Brighton Mills v. Bigelow

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from an order of the District Court affirming an order made by a receiver — after trial before him in a proceeding peculiar to the laws of New Jersey — disallowing a claim filed against the receivership. The central facts of the case are as follows:

Brighton Mills is a corporation engaged in the manufacture of fabric used in making automobile tires, with a plant at Passaic, New Jersey. The Trent Rubber Company is a corporation which was engaged in the manufacture of automobile tires, with a plant at Trenton, New Jersey. On July 29, 1919, the two…