Legal Opinion
Finn v. Meighan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 18, 1945No. 953PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Childs Company operates a chain of restaurants. In August 1943 it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Ch. X of the Bankruptcy Act (52 Stat. 885, 886, 11 U. S. C. §§ 526, 530) alleging that it was unable to pay its debts as they matured. The petition was approved and petitioner was appointed trustee of the debtor. Childs Company had been lessee of, and had operated a restaurant on, certain premises in New York City for over forty years. Its present lease is for a term of twenty-one years ending in 1947. That lease contains the following provision:
“The tenant covenants that ...…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Re Metropolitan Railway ReceivershipSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- West Co. v. LeaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Gazlay v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- In Re WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- Model Dairy Co., Inc. v. Foltis-Fischer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by89 opinions
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- Smith v. Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dale Construction Co. v. United States, Seaboard Surety Co.United States Court of Claims · 1964
- In the Matter of Queens Boulevard Wine & Liquor Corp., D/B/A Gold Star Wine & Liquor, Debtor-Appellee v. Anita Blum, Petitioner-Landlord-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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