Legal Opinion

In re Saxton Furnace Co.

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided March 27, 1905No. 1,837PublishedCited by 12 opinions

In Bankruptcy. On certificate from referee concerning order to sell, discharged of liens.

1Opinion of the Court

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

I do not see how the proposed •order of sale can be supported. The creditors who hold the furnace company’s bonds have a right, under the mortgage, to use them in payment of the purchase money if the property shall be sold by a judicial sale, and of this right they should not be deprived if their title is unimpeachable. If the trustee disputes their right to retain the bonds, averring that they have received a preference, it would seem to be his duty to obtain a judicial decision of the question, even at the cost of delay and inconvenience.

Moreover, the record…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. In re Franklin Brewing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
  2. In re Platteville Foundry & Machine Co.District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1906
  3. In re Fayetteville Wagon-Wood & Lumber Co.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1912
  4. McRaney v. RileyMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Allgair v. William F. Fisher & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1906

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