Harkin v. Brundage

This case presents a controversy between state court receivers and the receiver of a federal court over the possession of the property and assets of the Daniel Boone Woolen Mills Corporation. It is here by certiorari to the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirming a decree of the district court for the Northern District of Illinois. The receivers in the state court were appointed on the prayer of what was called a stockholder’s bill. The receiver in the federal court was appointed on the prayer of what was called a creditor’s bill. The receiver in the federal…