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Columbia Nat. Sand Dredging Co. v. Washed Bar Sand Dredging Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania

Decided March 30, 1905No. 40PublishedCited by 14 opinions

In Equity. Suit for appointment of a receiver. On final hearing.

1Opinion of the Court

HOLLAND, District Judge.

This is a bill in equity filed asking for the appointment of a receiver. The plaintiff, on the 1st day of October, 1892, was the owner of a patent for a sand dredging machine, which had been issued to James H. Miller, and Joseph G. Patterson, of Philadelphia, entered into an agreement with it on the above-mentioned date, in which it was agreed that Patterson *711would organize a corporation to operate in the Delaware River and Bay and tributaries thereto in dredging for sand, and that a machine for that purpose should be built, using the patent of Miller, for which the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hawes v. OaklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Dodge v. WoolseySupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  3. Ervin v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1886
  4. Cowan v. Pennsylvania Plate Glass Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  5. Wolf v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. McDougall v. Huntingdon & Broad Top R. & C. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Henry v. IdeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  3. Morton v. Morton Realty Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Myers v. Occidental Oil Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1923
  5. Brent v. B. E. Brister Sawmill Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1912

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