Legal Opinion
In Re Rogers-Pyatt Shellac Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 7, 1931No. 336PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
During the autumn of 1928, the chief creditors of Bogers-Pyatt Shellac Company found that it was in financial difficulties, and a creditors’ committee was formed and put in charge of its business with the consent of its officers and directors. Without the concurrence or knowledge of this committee, an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against the corporation on January 4, 1929. The appellants were attorneys for the three petitioning creditors, two of whom, Byrnes and Dean, were stockholders and directors of the bankrupt corporation, and Byrnes was also its…
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