Traction Materials Co. v. Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Westmoreland Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 156, 157 and 158, Oct. T., 1917, by Union Trust Company of New Jersey, Farmers and Merchants Bank of West Newton, Pa., and James G-. Hasking, Trustee, and Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh, Trustee, respectively, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co-., Jan. T., 1912, No-. 447, dismissing exceptions to report of auditor, in case of Traction Materials Company v. Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Westmoreland Railway Company. Bill in equity for the appointment of a receiver.
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Appeals, Nos. 156, 157 and 158, Oct. T., 1917, by Union Trust Company of New Jersey, Farmers and Merchants Bank of West Newton, Pa., and James G-. Hasking, Trustee, and Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh, Trustee, respectively, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co-., Jan. T., 1912, No-. 447, dismissing exceptions to report of auditor, in case of Traction Materials Company v. Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Westmoreland Railway Company. Bill in equity for the appointment of a receiver. Exceptions to report of auditor. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the fact®, The court sustained…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
These three appeals raise the same questions and will be considered together. They are from the decree of the court below disposing of exceptions to the auditor’s report and making distribution of the balance in the hands of the receiver. In November, 1911, the appellee, James B. Secrist, was appointed receiver of the Pittsburgh, Mc-Keesport & Westmoreland Railway Company, which owned and operated an electric street railway, about nine miles long and extending from McKeesport, Allegheny County, to Irwin, Westmoreland County. The appointment was made in above case…
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