Haddock v. Plymouth Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 336, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1902, No. 2, in case of J. C. Haddock v. The Plymouth Coal Co. Bill in equity for appointment of a receiver. Exception to fourth account of receiver. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned, among others, were to receiver’s findings of fact and to the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
On March 14, 1902, the People’s Bank of .Wilkes-Barre, authorized by its charter to execute trusts of all sorts, was appointed receiver of the Plymouth Coal Company. In consequence of the general strike of the anthracite miners then in progress, it was unable, during the first six months of its receivership, to do much in operating the mines of the company. During that period its efforts were chiefly directed to the conservation of the property, which involved an expenditure of nearly $60,000 in excess of receipts. A.t the time of its appointment it was, and for…
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