Legal Opinion

Fox Jewelry Company v. John C. Lee, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Fox Jewelers, Inc., Bankrupt

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 12, 1959No. 17480PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a turnover order issued in Fox Jewelers, Inc., Bankrupt, against Fox Jewelry Company, a corporation not only in name but in every other aspect which underlies and attends corporate existence. The purpose and scope of the order was, treating the respondent as the alter ego of Fox Jewelers, Inc. to seize and administer its assets and affairs as though its possession was the possession of the bankrupt.

The trustee, standing firmly on the-finding of the referee, insists that the-possession of the assets by the respondent for itself and in its own right…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sampsell v. Imperial Paper & Color Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Maule Industries, Inc. v. L. M. Gerstel, Trustee of Ludwig Corporation, Bankrupt, and Ludwig Bros., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ned Gill v. H. A. Phillips, Trustee of Tinney Produce Company, Inc., BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
  2. Herbert L. Markow, Successor to J. Mark Stanley, as Trustee of Florida Carolina Lumber Company, Bankrupt v. Charles H. AlcockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  3. Mrs. I. B. Herron, and Par Value Loan Company v. Frank S. Blackford, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Alabama Acceptance Corporation, BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  4. Gorenz v. State of Illinois Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  5. In the Matter of Behring and Behring, a Partnership, Bankrupts. Nissho American Corporation v. Joe C. Humphreys, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971

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