Legal Opinion
Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. President & Directors of Manhattan Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 12, 1939No. 319PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The order on appeal was in a reorganization proceeding in bankruptcy, and directed the trustees of some eighteen pools of mortgages severally to account for the conduct of their trusts. The first order required the trustees to account generally; but later the judge limited the scope of the accountings, and the appeal relates to the limitation alone. During the existence of the trusts the trustees surrendered some of the mortgages making up the pools to the debtor under circumstances which, as the bondholders assert, made them liable for a breach of trust: two of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McCandless v. FurlaudSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- In Re Central Funding CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- Pittsburg Carbon Co. v. McMillinNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- In Re Mortgage Securities CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- In re Prudence Bonds Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Silbiger v. Prudence Bonds CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- In Re Solar Manufacturing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Clarke v. Chase Nat. Bank of City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Manufacturers Trust Co. v. KelbyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Brooklyn Trust Co. v. KelbyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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