IN RE PHILADELPHIA & READING COAL & IRON CO.

No. 7564.

117 F.2d 976 (1941)

In re PHILADELPHIA & READING COAL & IRON CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

February 25, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Heiss, of New York City (Larkin, Rathbone & Perry, of New York City, Dechert, Smith & Clark and Joseph S. Clark, Jr., all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas Reath, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Carl W. Funk and Drinker, Biddle & Reath, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Philadelphia Bondholders Committee.

Allen Hunter White, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Knox Henderson, Frederic L. Ballard, and Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Philadelphia Debenture Holders Committee.

Arthur Littleton, of Philadelphia, Pa., for debtor company.

Cecil B. Ruskay, of New York City (David Bortin, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Joseph Ruskay, of New York City, on the brief), for Debenture Holders Protective Committee.

Before MARIS, CLARK, and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company on February 26, 1937, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania its petition for reorganization under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 207, and on the same day the court entered an order approving the petition and continuing the debtor in possession of its properties. Shortly thereafter Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company, the trustee under...

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