Wood v. Todd
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Thos. G. Haight, Judge. Suit in equity by M. H. Todd, receiver of the liquidating partnership of Walter Wood and Stuart Wood, deceased, late trading in the name, style, and firm of R. D. Wood & Co., and the Provident Fife & Trust Company and Edward R. Wood, Jr., executors under the last will and testament of S'tuart Wood, deceased, against the Florence Iron Works, Harold B. Wells, its…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Thos. G. Haight, Judge. Suit in equity by M. H. Todd, receiver of the liquidating partnership of Walter Wood and Stuart Wood, deceased, late trading in the name, style, and firm of R. D. Wood & Co., and the Provident Fife & Trust Company and Edward R. Wood, Jr., executors under the last will and testament of S'tuart Wood, deceased, against the Florence Iron Works, Harold B. Wells, its receiver, the Camden lion Works, Heulings Lippincott, its receiver, and Walter Wood., From the decree, Walter Wood appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
The difficulties in this case arose out of the business relations of the three concerns here present by their receivers, which were complicated by cross property interests and liabilities and by the informality with which each did business with the others. A statement of these relations and of the conduct of the parties, somewhat in detail (but without regard so far as possible to matters settled by the decree and not raised on appeal), is necessary before the questions involved can be presented and understood.
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- Fulton v. Central BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Meyran v. AbelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Robinson v. Taylor & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1846
- Siegfried v. LudwigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
- Lloyd v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wood v. WoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- Todd v. LippincottCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1919