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ALPERT v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD CO.

No. 399, Docket 29443.

348 F.2d 304 (1965)

George ALPERT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. The NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY, Debtor.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethuel M. Webster, New York City (Donald J. Cohn, New York City, and Lewis E. Caplan, New Haven, Conn., on the brief), for petitioner-appellant.

William L. Hadden, New Haven, Conn. (James Wm. Moore, Joseph W. Bishop, Jr., Robert W. Blanchette, New Haven, Conn., on the brief), for debtor-appellee.

Before MOORE, SMITH and HAYS, Circuit Judges.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.

George Alpert, Chief Executive Officer of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (New Haven) from 1956 to 1961, moved in the reorganization proceedings of the New Haven for an order directing the New Haven's Trustees to pay him as a preferred claim $295,833.24 allegedly due under an employment contract dating back to May 9, 1956. In that contract, Alpert, a successful Boston attorney with no prior railroad experience, was employed...

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