IN RE PHILADELPHIA & W. RY. CO.

No. 18014.

73 F.Supp. 169 (1947)

In re PHILADELPHIA & W. RY. CO.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 10, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drinker, Biddle & Reath, by Thomas Reath, all of Philadelphia, Pa., and Hannum, Hunter, Hannum & Hodge, of Chester, Pa., for debtor.

Thomas Stokes, of Pepper, Bodine & Stokes, all of Philadelphia, Pa., for Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust and for group of banks holding bonds of debtor.

Charles Myers, of Barnes, Dechert, Price & Smith, all of Philadelphia, Pa., for Girard Trust Co.

David F. Maxwell, of Edmonds, Obermayer & Rebmann, all of Philadelphia, Pa., for one of bondholders' committees.

James M. Brittain, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Frank M. Hunter, of Media, Pa., for Philadelphia Suburban Transp. Co.

Jacob I. Weinstein and A. Jere Creskoff, both of Philadelphia, Pa., for bondholders.

Reuben Singer and Norman J. Griffin, both of Philadelphia, Pa., for objecting preferred stockholders.

Frederick T. Finnigan, of New York City, for Securities and Exchange Commission.


KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

The petitions for allowances now before the Court are the final phase of the Debtor's reorganization, which began with the filing of a petition under section 77B, Bankr.Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 207, in 1934 and terminated 12 years latter, in 1946, with the consummation of a satisfactory plan and the transfer of the property to a new company. From the beginning it was recognized that the Debtor...

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