Legal Opinion

William Filene's Sons Co. v. Weed

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 4, 1918No. 93PublishedCited by 80 opinions

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE' FIRST CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes

This case comes to this court by writ of certiorari..upon a bill for instructions filed by the receivers of, William S. Butler & Company, incorporated. The receivers were appointed upon the prayer of a creditor, assented to by the corporation, , in a bill brought for-continuing the business until the assets could be applied in satisfaction of. the com pany’s debts. Instructions are asked as to the amount tó be paid to the petitioner, Wm. Filene’s Sons Company, under a lease of the premises that William S. Butler & Company occupied. The lease covered five parcels of land held by the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States v. Bethlehem Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. International Trust Co. v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. People v. . St. Nicholas BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  4. Woodland v. WiseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1910
  5. Wm. Filene's Sons Co. v. WeedCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1915

3Cited by80 opinions

  1. Riehle v. MargoliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  2. United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co. of New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. Manhattan Properties, Inc. v. Irving Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. New York v. Irving Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. First Nat. Bank of Cincinnati v. FlershemSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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