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FINN v. MEIGHAN

No. 953.

325 U.S. 300 (1945)

65 S.Ct. 1147

89 L.Ed. 1624

FINN, TRUSTEE, v. MEIGHAN, SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Lorenz for petitioner.

Mr. Burton C. Meighan, Jr., with whom Mr. Louis A. Marchisio was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Childs Company operates a chain of restaurants. In August 1943 it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Ch. X of the Bankruptcy Act (52 Stat. 885, 886, 11 U.S.C. §§ 526, 530) alleging that it was unable to pay its debts as they matured. The petition was approved and petitioner was appointed trustee of the debtor. Childs Company had been lessee...

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