Barclay v. Pittsburg Home Building Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Argued April 30, 1914. Appeal, No. 87, April T., 1914, by Andrew Mason, John F. Provan and J. W. Warrick, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1910, No. 583, refusing to set aside receiver’s sale in case of C. W. Barclay v. Pittsburg Home Building Company. Petition to set aside receiver’s sale of-real estate. The petition averred that the petitioners were creditors of the Pittsburg Home Building Company.
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Argued April 30, 1914. Appeal, No. 87, April T., 1914, by Andrew Mason, John F. Provan and J. W. Warrick, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1910, No. 583, refusing to set aside receiver’s sale in case of C. W. Barclay v. Pittsburg Home Building Company. Petition to set aside receiver’s sale of-real estate. The petition averred that the petitioners were creditors of the Pittsburg Home Building Company. That on October 31, 1910, the South Side Trust Company was appointed receiver of the building company; that on April 22, 1912, the receiver presented a petition asking leave to sell…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Tkexleb, J.,
The statement of the question involved is as follows: A receiver of an insolvent corporation having presented *450to a court of equity a petition for leave to sell real estate at private sale free and clear of liens, and the sale having been confirmed and the deed delivered to the purchaser, should the court, on the petition of lien creditors, set aside the sale and order a resale, for the reason that no notice was given to certain known creditors by the receiver of its intention to present such petition as provided by the Act of May 11, 1911, P. L. 261?
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