Legal Opinion
Pianta v. H. M. Reich Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 20, 1935No. 386PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
H. M. Reich Company, Inc., is a New York corporation which operated a chain of retail stores in Jamestown, N. Y., and certain cities in Western Pennsylvania. In June, 1932, it sustained a fire loss which it contended the Stuyvesant Insurance Company had insured. On August IS, 1932, Caesar Pianta, a simple contract creditor of the Reich Company, filed his bill of complaint in the court below asking for the appointment of receivers to conserve its assets. Jurisdiction was grounded on diverse citizenship, but the complaint showed on its face that the plaintiff’s claim was for…
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