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FAIRBANKS SHOVEL CO. v. WILLS

No. 82.

240 U.S. 642 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 465

60 L.Ed. 841

FAIRBANKS STEAM SHOVEL COMPANY v. WILLS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF FEDERAL CONTRACTING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Elisha B. Durfee, with whom Mr. John A. Bellatti, Mr. Walter Bellatti and Mr. George B. Scofield were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Elbert C. Ferguson, Mr. William Mumford and Mr. John C. Burchard for appellee, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a controversy arising in a bankruptcy proceeding. On December 30, 1912, a creditors' petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against the Federal Contracting Company, a corporation of that State, and on March 25, 1913, it was adjudicated a bankrupt. Between those dates, and on March 6, the Fairbanks Steam Shovel Company, the present appellant...

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