Hitchcock v. American Pipe & Construction Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On bill. On appeal from receiver’s rejection of claim.
1Opinion of the Court
Lane, V. C.
The claim of the appellants, members of the bar, is for legal services rendered to complainant, Hitchcock, under the following circumstances:
Defendant, American Pipe and Construction Company, is a corporation of this state. On September 19th, 1917, a bill in equity was filed in the United States district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania by two stockholders of the corporation against the corporation. The bill alleged that the corporation was in financial difficulties and that if creditors should be permitted to resort to legal process the result would be the immediate…
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