Enos v. New York & O.R. Co.
Decision Date | 02 July 1900 |
Citation | 103 F. 47 |
Parties | ENOS v. NEW YORK & O.R. CO. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York |
Frank E. Smith, for the motion.
Arthur H. Masten, R. Burnham Moffat, and Henry L. Stemson, opposed.
This application must be denied. The decree of the court is in entire accord with the practice laid down by the supreme court in Hollins v. Iron Co., 150 U.S. 380, 14 Sup.Ct. 127, 37 L.Ed. 1113. That case holds distinctly that the defense and objection to an application for the appointment of a receiver that execution upon a judgment in favor of the creditor has not been issued and returned unsatisfied is one which must be made in limine, and which may be waived by the defendant corporation. When it is waived, and it is apparent to the court that the corporation is insolvent, and that, to save the property from wreck and secure equality of distribution of the assets among the creditors, it is necessary to appoint a receiver, such a decree may be entered upon the application of a creditor whose claim is in judgment, and even, as it would seem from the opinion in the Hollins Case, upon the application of a simple-contract creditor, without express lien. In that cause plaintiffs were simple-contract creditors, whose claims had not been reduced to judgment, and who had no express liens by mortgage, trust deeds, or otherwise. The court says:
Of course, if the defense of a failure to exhaust the legal remedies were interposed by the corporation to the application of the creditor, the...
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