IN RE STANDARD GAS & ELECTRIC CO.

No. 1204.

30 F.Supp. 21 (1939)

In re STANDARD GAS & ELECTRIC CO. HASTINGS v. H. M. BYLLESBY & CO. et al.

District Court, D. Delaware.

November 3, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Button and Simon H. Rifkind (of Wagner, Quillinan & Rifkind), both of New York City, and Herbert L. Cohen, of Wilmington, Del., for Daniel O. Hastings, special trustee.

Theodore Kiendl (of Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner & Reed), of New York City, and Thomas M. Keith, of Wilmington, Del., for H. M. Byllesby & Co., Byllesby Corporation, and certain individual defendants.

Alexander B. Siegel (of Van Vorst, Siegel & Smith), of New York City, and William Prickett and Joseph S. Wilson, both of Wilmington, Del., for Walter T. Rosen et al.

Hugh M. Morris and Edwin D. Steel, Jr., both of Wilmington, Del., for Union Trust Co. of Pittsburgh and Andrew W. Robertson.

Royal E. T. Riggs and H. Preston Coursen (of Seibert & Riggs), both of New York City and Howard Duane, of Wilmington, Del., for Victor Emanuel et al.

Bethuel M. Webster and Henry C. Smith (of Webster & Garside), both of New York City, and John J. Morris, Jr. (of Hering, Morris, James & Hitchens), of Wilmington, Del., for Albert L. Cummins et al.

Claire W. Hardy, of Chicago, Ill., and Howard Duane, of Wilmington, Del., for Arthur C. Allyn.

Horace G. Hitchcock (of Chadbourne, Wallace, Parke & Whiteside), of New York City, and H. Albert Young, of Wilmington, Del., for Haystone Securities Corporation.

H. G. Pickering (of Mudge, Stern, Williams & Tucker), of New York City, and William Prickett and Joseph S. Wilson, both of Wilmington, Del., for Amerex Holding Corporation.

Joseph M. Hartfield and Orison S. Marden (of White & Case), both of New York City, and Warren Roberts, of Wilmington, Del., for First Security Co.


NIELDS, District Judge.

Motions by defendants challenging the jurisdiction of the court.

In the bill of complaint plaintiff alleges 19 causes of action against 56 defendants. Defendants H. M. Byllesby and Company, Byllesby Corporation and Standard Power and Light Corporation are Delaware corporations. They will be dealt with separately. The remaining defendants reside outside the district of Delaware.

November 26, 1937 plaintiff was appointed by this...

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