OLD COMPANY'S LEHIGH v. MEEKER

No. 340.

294 U.S. 227 (1935)

OLD COMPANY'S LEHIGH, INC. v. MEEKER, RECEIVER, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 4, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Israel H. Mandel, with whom Mr. Joseph G.M. Browne was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. George P. Barse, with whom Messrs. John F. Anderson, Humphrey J. Lynch, and F.G. Awalt were on the brief, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The controversy here, like the one in No. 338, decided herewith, ante, p. 216, grows out of an attempt by the owner of negotiable paper to impress a trust upon the assets of an insolvent national bank to which the paper had been forwarded for the purpose of collection.

The complaint, which is in three counts, is brought before us by a motion to dismiss...

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