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WILLIAMS v. NEW YORK ZINC CO.

No. 6.

29 F.2d 167 (1928)

WILLIAMS v. NEW YORK ZINC CO., Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

November 12, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLear & McLear, of New York City (Edwin L. Garvin and Wallace T. Stock, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Platt, Field & Taylor, of New York City (Martin Taylor and Nathaniel T. Guernsey, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Heckscher.

Henry P. Brown, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Everett, Clarke & Benedict, of New York City (A. Leo Everett and James Maxwell Fassett, both of New York City, of counsel), for other appellees.

Before MANTON, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

A clearer case of laches than the present can hardly be stated. Complainant brought his suit in the state court in 1906, asking for a dissolution of the partnership with Pilling and Crane and for the appointment of a receiver. In 1909 his attorney, Squires, was urging that the sale be held as soon as possible; in 1910, he made bids at the sale. He received a portion of the proceeds as costs, and thereafter...

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