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Wright v. Seaboard Steel & Manganese Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 23, 1921No. 174PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit by Philip E. Wright against the Seaboard Steel & Manganese Corporation, in which Stanton S. Freeman was appointed receiver of the defendant. From a judgment denying the receiver’s motion for an order requiring the Merchants’ National Bank of the City of New York to turn over certain moneys, the receiver appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying motion of the receiver of the Seaboard Steel & Manganese Corporation, hereafter referred to as the Seaboard, for an order requiring the Merchants’ National Bank of the City of New York, hereafter referred to as the bank, to turn over and pay to him the sum of $5,324.83 alleged to be unlawfully withheld by it.

It appears that the petition of the receiver sets up his appointment on August 13, 1919, and alleges that on December 30, 1918, the Merchants’ National Bank loaned defendant $200,000 on its promissory note, secured by the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Kneeland v. American Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Beckwith v. . the Union Bank of New-YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
  3. Cunningham v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  4. Hodgin v. Peoples' National BankSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
  5. Richards v. . La TouretteNew York Court of Appeals · 1890

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