Crawford v. Gordon
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered March 29, 1915, in favor of the plaintiff, denying recovery of a claim against an insolvent corporation in receivership proceedings, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Prior to July 1st, 1912, and while certain receivers, appointed by the Federal district court at the suit of Peabody, Houghteling & Company, had charge of and were operating the defendants’ property, the appellants sold to the Federal receivers six cars, at an agreed price of $48,800. The receivers paid $8,800 on the purchase price and executed and delivered to the appellants, under the direction of the court, equipment bonds of the face value of $35,000. At the same time, this proceeding had been begun and was pending in the state courts.
The right of the Federal court to appoint receivers…
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