AMERICAN S. S. CO. v. WICKWIRE SPENCER STEEL CO.

Nos. 1208-F, 1320-G. Nos. 2870, 2978-E. Nos. 44-165, E. 45-253.

42 F.2d 886 (1930)

AMERICAN S. S. CO. v. WICKWIRE SPENCER STEEL CO. GUARANTY TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK v. WICKWIRE SPENCER STEEL CO. et al.

District Court, W. D. New York. District Court, D. Massachusetts. District Court, S. D. New York.

August 4, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner & Reed, of New York City (William C. Cannon and William R. Carlisle, both of New York City, of counsel), for Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.

Rushmore, Bisbee & Stern, of New York City (Bertram Shipman and Elliott W. Eaves, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for Chase Nat. Bank of City of New York.

Dudley, Stowe & Sawyer, of Buffalo, N. Y. (Joseph G. Dudley and Walter C. Lindsay, both of Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for receivers of Wickwire Spencer Steel Co.

Larkin, Rathbone & Perry, of New York City (Henry V. Poor and Henry E. Kelley, both of New York City, of counsel), for reorganization committee.

P. Randolph Harris, of New York City, for American S. S. Co.

Joseph & Zeamans, of New York City (Edmund G. Joseph and Harold Zeamans, both of New York City, of counsel), for stockholders' committee.

Kenefick, Cooke, Mitchell & Bass, of Buffalo, N. Y. (Thomas R. Wheeler, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Jerome N. Frank, of New York City, of counsel), for B noteholders.


HAZEL, District Judge.

On October 21, 1927, a suit was brought in this court by the American Steamship Company, a citizen of this state, against the Wickwire Spencer Steel Company, a citizen of the state of Delaware, engaged in the manufacture of a special form of steel wire and other wire products. The creditors' bill alleged that defendant was indebted to plaintiff in an amount due and owing, exceeding $4,000; that defendant was largely indebted to other parties...

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