In re Empire Finance Corp.
District Court, N.D. California
1Opinion of the Court
KERRIGAN, District Judge.
The matter of voting the stock owned by the bankrupt corporation, the Empire Finance Corporation, in the West American Finance Company, is again before me. I previously denied a petition to instruct the temporary receiver appointed by me to vote the stock in a certain manner. Apparently this proceeding how before me was brought because counsel did not understand the reason for my former ruling. I was at that time of the opinion, and after a subsequent review of the authorities the earlier view is only strengthened, that Harry J. Edwards is the duly elected and…
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