Legal Opinion
Hawaiian Investors v. Thorndal
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1969No. 19415PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
On this appeal, we consider the propriety of a judgment on counterclaims aggregating more than $165,000.00 entered by the referee in bankruptcy and confirmed by the district court against appellants, called Hawaiian Investors. We have jurisdiction. Bankruptcy Act, § 24, 11 U.S.C. § 47.
Prior to 1959, some 267 residents of Hawaii, looking for profit in North Dakota oil, separately entered into contracts with Petroleum Corporation of America (PCA), a Colorado corporation then doing business in North Dakota, whereby PCA agreed to assign to each Investor a percentage interest…
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