Merchants' Nat. Bank of Baltimore v. Roxbury Distilling Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
In Equity. Suit by Merchants’ National Bank of Baltimore against the Roxbury Distilling Company. On exceptions to report of John Hinkley, Special Master.
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In Equity. Suit by Merchants’ National Bank of Baltimore against the Roxbury Distilling Company. On exceptions to report of John Hinkley, Special Master. The following is the opinion of John Hinkley, Special Master: The Roxbury Distilling Company is a body corporate, duly incorporated under the laws of the state of West Virginia by charter dated May 9, 1900, and expiring May 15, 1920. At the time of its incorporation and until the appointment of receivers on February 21, .1910, it conducted a distillery in “Washington county, Md., having a complete distillery plant and several bonded…
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, District Judge.
[1] In the matter of the distribution of the fund now in the hands of the receivers appointed in.this case, the most important question involved is the validity of the warehouse certificates upon which as security the large loans were effected which constitute the bulk of the indebtedness of the insolvent corporation, the Roxbury Distilling Company.
The warehouses, and the distillery were situate in Washington county, Md., and the warehouses were such as the distiller is required by the internal revenue laws of the United States to maintain for the storage of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hannis Distilling Co. v. Mayor and City Council of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Monticello Distilling Co. v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1900
- Garrison v. HillCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1895
- Carstairs v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Carstairs v. CochranCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
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- Moore v. Thomas Moore Distilling Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Gould v. City Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
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