In re Bankshares Corp. of the United States

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The Bankshares Corporation of the United States, a New Jersey corporation, carried on business and had property within .the jurisdiction of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. On May 12, 1930, the Chancery Court of New Jersey appointed Samuel I. Kessler receiver of that corporation. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed by three creditors, to which consent was given by the directors through their attorney, in the Southern district of New York, on the 6th of June, 1930, and a receiver in bankruptcy was appointed. The consent given by the…