Legal Opinion

New Haven Wire Co. Cases

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 31, 1888PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Applications of sundry bankers and commercial correspondents to the Superior Court in New Haven County, for orders compelling the receiver of the New Haven Wire Company, an insolvent corporation, to surrender to the applicants their several portions of a large quantity of wire rods, which he held as the property of the corporation, and of which they claimed to be the owners.

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Applications of sundry bankers and commercial correspondents to the Superior Court in New Haven County, for orders compelling the receiver of the New Haven Wire Company, an insolvent corporation, to surrender to the applicants their several portions of a large quantity of wire rods, which he held as the property of the corporation, and of which they claimed to be the owners. The applicants were Baring Brothers & Co. of London, England, and Kidder, Peabody & Co. of New York, their American agents; Brown Brothers & Co. of New York and Brown, Shipley & Co. of Liverpool, their English…

1Opinion of the CourtBeardsley, J.

This is an application to the Superior Court for the county of New Haven for an order compelling the receiver of an insolvent corporation to deliver specified articles of personal property to the applicants, of which they claim to be the owners, but which he holds as the property of the corporation.

On or about September 7th, 1887, Samuel A. Galpin of New Haven was duly appointed the temporary receiver of the New Haven Wire Company, a corporation located at New Haven. He was subsequently made and still is receiver, and as such duly holds possession of the property and effects of the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Harkness v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Dows v. National Exchange Bank of MilwaukeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  3. Forbes v. Boston and Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  4. Forbes v. MarshSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1843
  5. Lewis v. McCabeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. In re Wilcox & Howe Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
  2. In re Waddell-Entz Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
  3. Century Throwing Co. v. MullerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912
  4. In re A. E. Fountain, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  5. Chase v. Michigan Telephone Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1899

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