MONARCH ANTHRACITE MINING CO. v. COFFIN

No. 6609.

102 F.2d 337 (1939)

MONARCH ANTHRACITE MINING CO. v. COFFIN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

February 16, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. McCracken, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Walter L. Hill, of Scranton, Pa., for appellant.

Wm. A. Schnader, of Philadelphia, Pa., Lee P. Stark and J. Julius Levy, both of Scranton, Pa., and Schnader & Lewis, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before BUFFINGTON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and DICKINSON, District Judge.


DICKINSON, District Judge.

The bill of complaint with which this appeal is concerned has required nineteen printed pages to set forth and has fourteen prayers for relief. This gives it the appearance of great complexity. Stripped of all extraneous averments, coloring matter, evidentiary statements and arguments, the cause of complaint is a very simple one.

The plaintiffs are creditors of the Scranton Coal Company, an otherwise hopelessly insolvent debtor....

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