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HARRIGAN v. BERGDOLL

No. 181.

270 U.S. 560 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 413

70 L.Ed. 733

HARRIGAN, TRUSTEE, ETC. v. BERGDOLL, ALSO KNOWN AS BERGSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 12, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.A. Harrigan, with whom Mr. Joseph W. Catharine was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Walter B. Gibbons, with whom Mr. Harry C. Kohlhas, Jr., was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Harrigan, trustee in bankruptcy of the Louis J. Bergdoll Motor Company, brought this suit in a state court of Pennsylvania, on July 13, 1921, to recover $155,571.79 and interest from Bergdoll, a stockholder in the company. The defendant, a resident of the State, pleaded the general six-year statute of limitations. The claim sued on is the assessment, ordered by the bankruptcy court, of 51.85% of the par value...

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