West v. Empire Life Ins.
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Equity. Suit by Henry J. West, as receiver in bankruptcy for the Columbus Securities Company, against the Empire Rife Insurance Company. On motion to dismiss petition in intervention.
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
This case was before the court in 237 Fed. 303, in which it was held that the situs of a corporation is the proper forum to determine the right to ownership of its capital stock, provided jurisdiction can be obtained of the party having the stock, and that, since the purpose of the action is to wind up the business *606-and affairs of the defendant company, the issue between the contending stockholders with relation to ownership might be determined in this action, to the end that distribution can be adjudicated to the proper parties, and the receiver, holding the stock of…
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