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Fidelity Insurance, Trust & Safe-Deposit Co. v. Roanoke Iron Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Virginia

Decided March 18, 1895PublishedCited by 12 opinions

This was a suit by the Fidelity Insurance, Trust & Safe-Deposit Company against the Roanoke Iron Company for the foreclosure of a mortgage. The receiver of the property of the defendant company petitioned for leave to issue receiver’s certificates, for the purpose of carrying on the business of the company.

1Opinion of the Court

PAUL, District Judge.

The receiver in this cause has presented a petition to the court praying for authority to issue receiver's certificates to the amount of $100,000, for the purpose of recommencing and carrying on the business of producing iron from the ore at (he works of the defendant company. lie has submitted to the court an itemized estimate, upon which he claims (.hat, if authorized td issue the certificates as prayed for, he can make iron at the defendant company’s works for $7.11 per ton, including all items of (he cost of production. He further claims that such iron can be sold at…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Barton v. BarbourSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Fosdick v. SchallSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  3. Kneeland v. American Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Union Trust Co. v. Illinois Midland Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
  5. Miltenberger v. Logansport Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. First Nat. Bank of Chicago v. Prima Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937
  2. Hanna v. State Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
  3. Oldroyd v. McCreaUtah Supreme Court · 1925
  4. International Trust Co. v. Decker Bros.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1907
  5. Doe v. Northwestern Coal & Transportation Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1896

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