Brown Commercial Car Co. v. Continental Motor Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana; Albert B. Anderson, Judge. Petition by the Continental Motor Manufacturing Company and others to have the Brown Commercial Car Company adjudicated a bankrupt. From a decree adjudging such company a bankrupt, it appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana; Albert B. Anderson, Judge. Petition by the Continental Motor Manufacturing Company and others to have the Brown Commercial Car Company adjudicated a bankrupt. From a decree adjudging such company a bankrupt, it appeals. Appellant, an Indiana corporation, organized for the purpose of manufacturing and selling light commercial gasoline trucks, was the owner of a plant located near I’eru, Ind., with good transportation facilities, which it purchased ■from the Otis Elevator Company for $50,000 in September, 1912,…
1Opinion of the CourtKohlsaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1, 2] While there may have been some haste in closing down upon the new-born project of appellant, and a decided bearish attack upon the value of the real estate then recently purchased for the sum of $50,-000, we are unable to discover from the record that there was any error calculated to discredit the finding of the master. While the plant was not yet moribund, the evidence gives strong color to appellees’ contention that it was headed in that direction. Some one of appellant’s officers made a statement to its creditors of its condition and 'asked for a…
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- Reed v. CowleyDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1868
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