In re Wenatchee-Stratford Orchard Co.
Decision Date | 15 May 1913 |
Docket Number | 1,296. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Western District of Washington |
Parties | In re WENATCHEE-STRATFORD ORCHARD CO. |
Winfield R. Smith, of Seattle, Wash., for petitioning creditors Hoffman & Prowell.
Walter M. Harvey, of Tacoma, Wash., for respondent creditors and trustee.
This matter is before the court upon a petition of certain creditors to review the decision of the referee allowing a claim on confession of judgment and allowing the same to be voted upon the selection of a trustee. It is also before the court upon the motion of such creditors to transfer the proceedings from the Southern to the Northern division of the district, upon the ground that its principal place of business is in the Northern division.
The referee certifies:
The following authorities are cited by the petitioning creditors on the petition for review: Adams v. Crosswood Printing Co., 27 Ill.App. 313; Hoyt v. Thompson, 5 N.Y. 321; Joliet Elec. L. & P. Co. v. Ingalls, 23 Ill.App. 45; Stokes v. New Jersey Pottery Co., 46 N.J.Law, 237; Arizona Min. Co. v. Benton, 12 Ariz. 373, 100 P. 952; Doe v. N.W. Coal & Trans. Co. (C.C.) 78 F. 62, 66; National L. & I. Co. v. Rockland Co., 94 F. 335, 36 C.C.A. 370; Dial v. Co., 52 Wash. 81, 85, 86, 100 P. 157; Home, etc., Co. v. Tillman, 125 Ga. 172, 53 S.E. 1019, 1022; Caho v. Ry. Co., 147 N.C. 20, 60 S.E. 640; Utica & Co. v. Waggoner, etc., Co., 166 Mich. 618, 132 N.W. 502; O'Brien v. O'Brien Boiler Works Co., 154 Mo.App. 183, 133 S.W. 347; Brophy v. American Brew. Co., 211 Pa. 596, 61 A. 123; Grafner v. Railway Co., 207 Pa. 217, 56 A. 426; Doernbecher v. Columbia City Lbr. Co., 21 Or. 573, 28 P. 899, 900, 28 Am.St.Rep. 766; Vaught v. Ohio County Fair Co. (Ky.) 49 S.W. 426-427; Singer v. Salt Lake City Copper Mfg. Co., 17 Utah, 143, 53 P. 1024, 1028, 70 Am.St.Rep. 773; Hatch v. Lucky Bill Min. Co., 25 Utah, 405, 71 P. 865; Broughton v. Jones, 120 Mich. 462, 79 N.W. 691; Bank of National City v. Johnston, 133 Cal. 185, 65 P. 383; Holcombe v. Trenton White City Co., 80 N.J.Eq. 122, 82 A. 618; Hill v. Rich Hill Coal Min. Co., 119 Mo. 9, 24 S.W. 223; Jacobson v. Brooklyn Lbr. Co., 184 N.Y. 152, 76 N.E. 1075, 10 Am. & Eng. Enc. of Law, 790; Steel v. Gold Fissure Gold Min. Co., 42 Colo. 529, 95 P. 349, 351, 126 Am.St.Rep. 177; McNulta v. Corn Belt Bank, 164 Ill. 427, 45 N.E. 954, 56 Am.St.Rep. 203; Camden Land Co. v. Lewis, 101 Me. 78, 63 A. 523; McConnell v. Combination M. & M. Co., 30 Mont. 239, 76 P. 194, 104 Am.St.Rep. 703; Adams v. Burke, 102 Ill.App. 148; Ritchie v. People's Tel. Co., 22 S.D. 598, 119 N.W. 990; State v. Manhattan Rubber Co., 149 Mo. 181, 50 S.W. 321, 325; Monmouth Inv. Co. v. Means, 151 F. 159, 80 C.C.A. 527; Ravenswood S. & G. Ry. Co. v. Woodyard, 46 W.Va. 558, 33 S.E. 285; Davids v. Davids, 135 A.D. 206, 120 N.Y.Supp. 350.
The following authorities are cited by the respondent creditors on petition for review: Gilman v. Heitman, 137 Iowa, 336, 113 N.W. 932; McDonald v. Chisholme, 131 Ill. 273, 23 N.E. 596; Chamberlin v. Mammouth Min. Co., 20 Mo. 96; Ford v. Hill, 92 Wis. 188, 66 N.W. 115, 53 Am.St.Rep. 902; Clark & Marshall on Corporations, p. 2141; Miller v. Oregon City Mfg. Co., 3 Or. 24; Miller v. Bank of British Columbia, 2 Or. 291; Irvine v. Randolph Lbr. Corporation, 111 Va. 408, 69 S.E. 350; White v. Crow (C.C.) 17 F. 98, affirmed 110 U.S. 183, 4 Sup.Ct. 71, 28 L.Ed. 113; Van Fleet on Collateral Attack, Sec. 17; Robinett v. Mitchell, 101 Va. 762, 45 S.E. 287, 99 Am.St.Rep. 928; National Loan & Inv. Co. v. Rockland Co., 94 F. 335, 36 C.C.A. 370.
The following authorities are cited by the moving creditors on the motion to transfer: Rossie Iron-Works v. Westbrook, 59 Hun, 345, 13 N.Y.Supp. 141; Elmira Steel Co. (D.C.) 109 F. 456; Loveland on Bankruptcy (4th Ed.) 117.
The respondent creditors cite the following authorities on the motion to transfer: Collier on Bankruptcy, pp. 26, 27; Dressel v. North State Lbr. Co. (D.C.) 107 F. 255; Tiffany v. La Plume Condensed Milk Co. (D.C.) 141 F 444; In re Pennsylvania Consolidated Coal Co. (D.C.) 163 F. 579; In re Magid-Hope Silk Mfg. Co. (D.C.) 110 F. 352; In re Marine Machine & Conveyor Co. (D.C.) 91 F. 630....
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