Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. New York City Ry. Co.

Decision Date25 May 1908
Citation165 F. 457
PartiesPENNSYLVANIA STEEL CO. et al. v. NEW YORK CITY RY. CO. et al.
CourtU.S. District Court — Southern District of New York

Byrne &amp Cutcheon, for complainants.

Masten & Nicolls, for defendants.

LACOMBE Circuit Judge.

These are two separate applications. The first is by Charles Benner and others that as 'a tort creditors' committee' they be admitted as a party defendant in this cause, with liberty to plead and be heard and to receive notice of all proceedings. The other application is, by the same committee for an order 'adopting certain rules and classification contained in some books relating to street railway accounting, as the basis for classification of claims; also requiring the special masters to report when each claim accrued, and whether or not it is an operating expense; also directing receivers to follow said classification. ' The real object of the application is to obtain a ruling by the court as to the status of claims for damages resulting from accidents which happened, before appointment of receivers from negligent operation of the railways by the defendants, or either, or both of them. There is no objection to determining the question submitted at this time; indeed, an early determination of it will presumably be to the interest of all parties.

The proposition that claims for torts committed during the operation of the road prior to receivership should be given a preference over the claims of secured creditors has been often presented to the federal courts. It is unnecessary to add anything to the exhaustive discussion which is found in the opinion of the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Eighth Circuit. St. Louis Trust Co. v....

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  • In re Johns-Manville Corp.
    • United States
    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court — Southern District of New York
    • January 23, 1984
    ...their equitable power to appoint legal representatives for personal injury plaintiffs in receivership cases. Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. N.Y.C. Ry. Co., 165 F. 457 (S.D.N.Y.1908) (intervention of tort creditors committee as party defendant on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situ......
  • Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. New York City Ry. Co.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York
    • September 23, 1913
  • Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. New York City Ry. Co.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York
    • September 21, 1910
  • Crawford v. Seattle, R. & S. Ry. Co.
    • United States
    • Washington Supreme Court
    • August 17, 1917
    ... ... Co. v ... Carnegie Steel Co., 75 F. 54, 58 [21 C. C. A. 219], and ... perhaps in other cases ... And in ... Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. New York City Ry. Co. (C ... C.) 165 F. 457, it was ... ...
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