Legal Opinion
Lockhart v. Mercer Tube & Mfg. Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided December 23, 1943No. Civ. 346PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, District Judge.
This is an action in rem under Sec. 57 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A. § 118, to recover 550 shares 1 of stock of Mercer Tube & Manufacturing Company, a Delaware corporation. 2 Plaintiff, appointed in the Eastern District of New York, is trustee for one Greenberg, a bankrupt. Plaintiff charges Greenberg formerly owned the shares in suit but transferred them with intent to defraud his creditors. Plaintiff-trustee claims the shares are now allegedly owned by defendants who became transferees of the stock with knowledge of Greenberg’s illegal acts. Moreover, plaintiff…
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