Hatch v. Morosco Holding Co.

CAFFEY, District Judge.

It is curious that considerably more than a hundred years after its enactment the meaning of a general statute, of frequent application, should be in serious controversy. Yet that is what is involved on this motion. If there were available time I should like to discuss the subject fully. In view, however, of the importance of disposing of the matter promptly, my comment will be somewhat summary.

This court may take notice of its own records. National Fire Ins. Co. v. Thompson, 281 U. S. 331, 336, 50 S. Ct. 288, 74 L. Ed. 881. It happens that since 1929 I have been in…