NORTHUMBERLAND CTY. v. PHILADELPHIA AND READING C. & I. CO.

No. 7980.

131 F.2d 562 (1942)

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY et al. v. PHILADELPHIA AND READING COAL & IRON CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Pipa, Jr., and Daniel W. Kearney, both of Shamokin, Pa. (Carl Rice, of Sunbury, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

Arthur Littleton, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Penrose Hertzler, of Pottsville, Pa., and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Howard W. Taylor, Jr., all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MARIS and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges, and BARD, District Judge.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

On February 26, 1937 the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved the petition of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company for reorganization under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 207, and continued the debtor in possession of all its real and personal property. On December 20, 1938, with the consent of the court, the debtor conveyed title to 123...

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