Sturzinger v. Hart
Sturzinger v. Hart
Opinion of the Court
On petition of a creditor the District Court appointed a receiver for the Erie Food Products Company. Appellees intervened, asserting claim to certain goods stored in one of the buildings of the company. The special master, to whose findings of fact there were no exceptions, found that the goods were stored under the following circumstances:
Upon these findings and other facts appearing in the record the lower court sustained the appellees’ claim. The receiver complains of that ruling and relies mainly upon In re Spanish American Cork Co. (C. C. A.) 2 F.(2d) 203. That ease, in our opinion, is distinguishable, because the claim there made was contested by a trustee in bankruptcy, who occupied the position of a lien creditor. There is nothing in this record that would justify a denial of appellees’ claims in the interest of creditors. The bill for the appointment of a receiver alleged that the Erie Company was not insolvent. It does not appear that that allegation is not true, or that the interest of any creditor or stockholder would be impaired by allowing these claims. The case before us, therefore, is one where the receiver of a solvent company seeks to avoid a contract which his company and the other party entered into and acted upon in good faith. He should not be permitted to do so, in the absence of fraud or a showing of injury or detriment to the company’s stockholders or creditors.
Affirmed.
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- Full Case Name
- STURZINGER v. HART
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