First Trust & Savings Bank v. Bitter Root Valley Irr. Co.
District Court, D. Montana
In Equity. Suit by the Eirst Trust & Savings Bank and others against the Bitter Root Valley Irrigation Company and others. On plaintiffs’ motion to strike a defense.
1Opinion of the Court
BOURQUIN, District Judge.
Defendant company in this court was adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, and the appointed trustee took possession of its property. Plaintiffs, bondholders’ trustees, by leave commenced this suit to foreclose the security on certain of said property, making defendants the bankrupt, the trustee, and certain persons alleged to assert claims, but inferior to plaintiffs’, to the property.
Herein the bankrupt’s trustee was appointed receiver, and as such possesses the property. Said certain persons answered that more than four months -prior to initiation of bankruptcy…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Metcalf v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Wabash Railroad v. Adelbert College of Western Reserve UniversitySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Murphy v. John Hofman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Moran v. SturgesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Wabash Railroad v. Adelbert College of the Western Reserve UniversitySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- First Trust & Savings Bank v. Bitter Root Valley Irr. Co.District Court, D. Montana · 1918