Legal Opinion
In Re Mathews Const. Co.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided April 27, 1954PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYRNE, District Judge.
James R. Mathews seeks the review of .an order made by the referee denying petitioner’s assertion of an equitable lien on certain assets of the bankrupt estate.
On March 31, 1949, the petitioner James R. Mathews and Robert Peterson were the sole stockholders of Mathews Construction Company. They were also the only active directors of the corporation, although there was a third director named Sherlock C. Hackley, who never .attended any directors’ meetings after the original meeting and took no part in the operation or control of the corporation.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pacific State Bank v. CoatsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1913
- Brainard v. De La MontanyaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Meyers v. El Tejon Oil & Refining Co.California Supreme Court · 1946
- Goodman v. Global IndustriesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
- Cannon v. ChapmanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
3Cited by14 opinions
- Beverly McConnell v. Estate of W. H. Butler, Oscar Strobel, Trustee of the Estate of E. W. Reynolds Company v. Estate of W. H. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- In the Matter of the Trimble Company, a Corporation. William J. McMinn Samuel A. Robinson, Joseph A. Warren, Jr., and R. J. Mitchell, CreditorsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Baxter v. Lancer Industries, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1963
- In Re Bruce Farley CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Cutter Laboratories, Inc. v. TwiningCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
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