Legal Opinion
In re Harbor Stores Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 20, 1939PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
•This is a petition by Clinton Trust Company to review various orders of a bankruptcy referee in an omnibus reclamation proceeding allowing nineteen reclamation claims and disallowing the claim of the petitioner.
The bankrupt operated a warehouse in New York City, in which some 143,841 bags of cocoa beans were stored. There had been issued against these bags negotiable warehouse receipts considerably in excess of the bags actually in storage. The bankruptcy petition was filed on May 24, 1939, and receivers were placed in charge. The adjudication followed on May 29, 1939,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- First National Bank of Toledo v. ShawNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Interstate Banking & Trust Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1916
- Merchants' Nat. Bank of Baltimore v. Roxbury Distilling Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1912
- Barnes v. PatrickWashington Supreme Court · 1934
- Whitney v. WenmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1905
3Cited by4 opinions
- Curacao Trading Co. v. William Stake & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1945
- Nieschlag & Co., Inc. v. Atlantic Mut. InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1941
- In re Harbor Stores Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1940
- In Re Hedgeside Distillery Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1952