Scattergood v. American Pipe & Construction Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
111 Equity. Bill by Alfred G. Scattergood and others against the American Pipe & Construction Company, for the appointment of a receiver. On motion to vacate decree.
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, District Judge.
The considerations which lead to the disposition to he made of this motion are of the very broadest and most general character. Every legal controversy of sufficient importance to be taken seriously presents two phases. It has its practical side, involving very practical consequences, and its legal side, involving the formulation of legal principles and their application, and these may be approached through forms of procedure, and raise questions of the appropriateness of the special remedy invoked. These purely professional or legal considerations are also of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Stokes v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1915
- Madden v. Penn Electric Light Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Maguire v. Mortgage Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
- McCloskey v. SnowdenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Dow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1915
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- McDougall v. Huntingdon & Broad Top R. & C. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- National Ben. Life Ins. Co. v. Shaw-Walker Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- In Re Scranton Knitting Mills, Inc.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1937
- Provident Relief Ass'n v. VernonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1927