IN RE UNIVERSAL RUBBER PRODUCTS CO.

No. 9857.

15 F.2d 62 (1926)

In re UNIVERSAL RUBBER PRODUCTS CO.

District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 5, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sturgis & Sturgis and E. C. Higbee, all of Uniontown, Pa., for exceptants.

H. M. Stephens, of New York City, J. W. Hutchison, of Butler, Pa., and Jos. F. Weis, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for trustee.

B. R. Williams, of Butler, Pa., for Topham.


SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.

We have for review an administrative order of a referee in bankruptcy, levying an assessment against stockholders to pay debts.

The referee found that the entire common stock of the bankrupt corporation, $1,000,000 par value, and $100,000 par value of preferred stock, had been issued to J. B. Topham, the promoter of the company, who, on its organization, became its president, without anything substantial being paid for it. The...

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