In re Hudson River Electric Power Co.
District Court, N.D. New York
In Bankruptcy. Separate petitions in the matter of the Hudson River Electric Power Company, of the Hudson River Electric Company, of the Hudson River Power Transmission Company, of the Saratoga Gas, Electric Eight & Power Company, and of the Madison County (Has & Electric Company, alleged bankrupts. Petitions dismissed. These are five independent proceedings, in a sense, and still the same determination that is reached in one should obtain In all for reasons stated.
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In Bankruptcy. Separate petitions in the matter of the Hudson River Electric Power Company, of the Hudson River Electric Company, of the Hudson River Power Transmission Company, of the Saratoga Gas, Electric Eight & Power Company, and of the Madison County (Has & Electric Company, alleged bankrupts. Petitions dismissed. These are five independent proceedings, in a sense, and still the same determination that is reached in one should obtain In all for reasons stated. The main question is: Are the corporations involved subject to the bankruptcy law? As the same questions, on similar facts, not…
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
By purchase of stock and otherwise the corporations above named and the Hudson River Water Power Company, the Empire State Power Company, and the Ballston Spa Light & Power Company, eight corporations in all, came under one ownership and management. They, and the companies as a whole, were organized and combined to generate electricity and manufacture gas, and transmit and sell same to customers and consumers, in the main to corporations, municipalities, and railroads. Each was a public service •corporation. Each was incorporated under the transportation laws of the state…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- In Re TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Hartranft v. WiegmannSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Trustees of the Village of Saratoga Springs v. Saratoga Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Tide Water Oil Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- In re Watertown Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909
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- People ex rel. Mercer v. Wyanet Electric Light Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1922
- In re Wm. S. Butler & Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1913
- Curry v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- In re American & British Mfg. Corp.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1924
- In re San Antonio Land & Irrigation Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1916
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