Legal Opinion
In re M. Burke & Co.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 29, 1905No. 2,859PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Bankruptcy. Sur petition of trustee for an order to deliver personal property. _
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, District Judge.
The question involved is one of the right to stop goods in transit. They were purchased by Burke & Co., the bankrupt firm, from the McKee-Jeanette Glass. Company, but were never paid for. They were shipped over the Pennsylvania Railroad, freight prepaid, and were directed to the store street number of the bankrupt firm in Pittsburg. On their arrival in that city they were delivered by the railroad to a local freight delivery company for delivery to Burke & Co. This local company was engaged in both the freight delivery and storage business. Before delivering freight…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mason v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1884
- Harris v. Walter H. Tenney & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1892
- Cabeen v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
- Weber v. BaesslerColorado Court of Appeals · 1893
3Cited by5 opinions
- Buss v. Long Island Storage Warehouse Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- In re Arctic StoresDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1919
- In re Charles T. Stork & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- In re Darlington Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1908
- In re J. F. Growe Const. Co.District Court, N.D. New York · 1919