Legal Opinion
New York, N.H. & H.R. Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 3, 1950No. 121, Docket 21501PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the respondent, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, from an order in a proceeding to reorganize the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company under Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 205. On July 11, 1946, the trustees of the road filed a petition (No. 891) to compel the respondent to accept four per cent interest upon notes held by it, instead of the five per cent reserved. The respondent answered, the case came on for hearing before Judge Hincks, who dismissed the petition; and on December 7, 1947, we filed an opinion…
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