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WM. FILENE'S SONS CO. v. WEED

No. 93.

245 U.S. 597 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 211

62 L.Ed. 497

WILLIAM FILENE'S SONS COMPANY v. WEED ET AL., RECEIVERS OF WILLIAM S. BUTLER & COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 4, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George R. Nutter, with whom Mr. Jacob J. Kaplan, Mr. Edward F. McClennen and Mr. Wm. H. Dunbar were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Frederick H. Nash, with whom Mr. Charles F. Choate, Jr., was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes to this court by writ of certiorari upon a bill for instructions filed by the receivers of William S. Butler & Company, incorporated. The receivers were appointed upon the prayer of a creditor, assented to by the corporation, in a bill brought for continuing the business until the assets could be applied in satisfaction of the company's debts. Instructions...

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