Gates v. Columbia-Knickerbocker Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada; F. S. Farrington, Judge. Bill in equity by Joseph Gutman and others against the Pacific Reclamation Company, in which R. Woodland Gates filed a bill of intervention, and the Columbia-Knickerbocker Trust Company also intervened and prayed dismissal of bill by Gates. From an order dismissing the bill of intervener Gates, he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
In March, 1913, Joseph Gutman and others, creditors, filed a suit against the Pacific Reclamation Company, a Nevada corporation, asking that a receiver be appointed, the property sold, and the proceeds distributed among those entitled thereto. The Pacific Reclamation Company admitted the facts set forth in the bill of complaint and joined in the request for the appointment of a receiver. George M. Bacon was appointed receiver, and duly qualified as such.
In his amended bill of intervention, Gates, the appellant here, alleged, in 'substance, that between August 18, 1911, and…
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