Reade v. Broadway Theatre Co.

These three suits were consolidated by order of this court entered January 12th, 1925. The parties are the same in each suit and the suits have a common object, namely, the appointment of a receiver for the defendant corporation. On the return of the rule to show cause the defendants Alice Oppenheim and George J. Baumann, surviving executors and trustees, c., filed answers and counter-claims in each suit. The defendant corporations have not answered. The complainant has also moved to strike out the counter-claims on the ground that they present legal and not equitable claims.

The three…