IN RE PARAMOUNT PUBLIX CORPORATION

No. 478.

72 F.2d 219 (1934)

In re PARAMOUNT PUBLIX CORPORATION. CHASE NAT. BANK OF CITY OF NEW YORK v. HILLES et al. (two cases). HILLES et al. v. CHASE NAT. BANK OF CITY OF NEW YORK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

July 23, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantine, of New York City (Wilkie Bushby, Samuel S. Isseks, and Charles C. MacLean, Jr., all of New York City, of counsel), for Charles D. Hilles, and others, as trustees in bankruptcy of Paramount Publix Corporation.

Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Webb, of New York City (Arthur A. Gammell and William D. Gaillard, Jr., both of New York City, of counsel), for Chase Nat. Bank, as trustee under indenture dated December 1, 1927, and as trustee under indenture dated August 1, 1930.

Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner & Reed, of New York City (Edgar G. Crossman, of New York City, of counsel), for Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, as trustee, etc., amici curiæ.

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


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

The claims sought to be proved by the bank did not become payable until after the petitions in bankruptcy were filed and the adjudications ordered. They were contingent in the case of the bonds issued under the instrument of December 1, 1927, upon (a) default in payment of interest which did not occur until June 1, 1933; (b) continuance in effect of the adjudication in bankruptcy for 90 days; (c)...

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