Church v. Swetland
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by Alfred W. Church against Horace M. Swetland and Chester Griswold, individually, and Horace M. Swetland, Robert R. Moore, Chester Griswold, Uouis B. Rolston, Adelbert Hauschild, and Ernest E. Bruckman, as members of a committee of preferred stockholders and creditors of Wyckoff, Church & Partridge, Incorporated, under their agreement of April 15, 1912, George A. Ellis,…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by Alfred W. Church against Horace M. Swetland and Chester Griswold, individually, and Horace M. Swetland, Robert R. Moore, Chester Griswold, Uouis B. Rolston, Adelbert Hauschild, and Ernest E. Bruckman, as members of a committee of preferred stockholders and creditors of Wyckoff, Church & Partridge, Incorporated, under their agreement of April 15, 1912, George A. Ellis, Howard C. Dickinson, the Commercial Trust Company of New York City, John S. Sheppard, Jr., receiver and trustee in…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The complaint in this case, the main averments of which have been summarized above, covers 34 printed pages. The facts are somewhat complicated, and the complaint is unusual, and, as it appears to us, somewhat extraordinary. The court is asked to fix and determine the rights of the complainant against any of the defendants and to determine the complainant’s interest in any of the property mentioned in the bill. The defendant Swetland is called upon to disclose in his answer what consideration was paid to Griswold, Dickinson and Ellis when the leases and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- American Sugar Refining Co. v. FancherNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Watson v. HuntingtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
- McClanahan v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
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