Northrop v. Finn Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 173, Oct. T., 1917, by Commonwealth Trust Company, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Patrick William Finn, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 521, in equity, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in case of A. H. Northrop v. P. W. Finn Construction Company. Exceptions to report of auditor of receiver’s account.
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Appeal, No. 173, Oct. T., 1917, by Commonwealth Trust Company, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Patrick William Finn, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 521, in equity, dismissing exceptions to auditor’s report in case of A. H. Northrop v. P. W. Finn Construction Company. Exceptions to report of auditor of receiver’s account. Before Carnahan, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. • The lower court dismissed the exceptions and confirmed the report of the auditor. Commonwealth Trust Company appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in confirming the report of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
In 1909, P. W. Finn, a resident of Blair County, was largely engagéd in that county and in Pittsburgh as a buiMing contractor. The business was conducted in his own name, except that some business was done by him at Altoona under the name of the Finn Engineering Company and some at Wilkinsburg under the name of the Wilkinsburg Stone Company. In the spring of that year he put forward the project of having his business incorporated, and, through his solicitor, prepared the necessary application, and, on June 22, 1909, a charter was granted to the P. W. Finn…
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