86 F.2d 330 (1936) STEVERSON v. CLARK et al. [*] No. 4112. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. November 17, 1936. S. P. Knotts, Jr., of Columbia, S. C., for appellant. M. E. Zeigler, of Orangeburg, S. C., for appellees. Before PARKER and SOPER, Circuit Judges, and CHESNUT, District Judge. PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from an order refusing to adjudicate appellant a bankrupt under subsection (s) of section 75 of the Bankruptcy Act, as amended by the second Frazier-Lemke Act (Act Aug. 28,...
86 F.2d 296 (1936) KELLY v. GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO. et al. No. 4085. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. November 9, 1936. John M. Robinson, of Charlotte, N. C. (Hunter M. Jones and Ralph V. Kidd, both of Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellant. F. Grainger Pierce, of Charlotte, N. C. (Guthrie, Pierce & Blakeney, of Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellees. Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges. PARKER, Circuit Judge. This action was begun in a state court and...
86 F.2d 394 (1936) LUCAS et al. v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE et al. No. 4083. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. November 12, 1936. *395 J. L. De Laney, of Charlotte, N. C. (Bridges & Orr, of Charlotte, N. C., on the brief), for appellants. Robert A. Wellons, of Charlotte, N. C., and Harry McMullan, Asst. Atty. Gen. (A. A. F. Seawell, Atty. Gen., and T. W. Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellees. Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges. NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge. The...
86 F.2d 311 (1936) C. I. T. CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES. No. 4079. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. November 9, 1936. *312 John D. Carr, of Roanoke, Va., and Joseph G. Myerson, of New York City (Geo. S. Shackelford, Jr., of Roanoke, Va., on the brief), for appellant. Howard C. Gilmer, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., of Pulaski, Va. (Joseph H. Chitwood, U. S. Atty., of Roanoke, Va., and William W. Barron, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States....
86 F.2d 137 (1936) HOLDERNESS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. No. 4078. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. November 9, 1936. L. P. McLendon, of Durham, N. C. (A. L. Brooks, of Greensboro, N. C., on the brief), for petitioner. L. W. Post, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen. (Robert H. Jackson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. Louis Monarch, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent. Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges. SOPER, Circuit Judge. The United States Board of...
85 F.2d 984 (1936) FOSTER BROS. MFG. CO., Inc., v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. No. 4074. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. October 6, 1936. Leonard Weinberg and Harry J. Green, both of Baltimore, Md. (Weinberg & Sweeten and Zanvyl Krieger, all of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for petitioner. Charles Fahy, Gen. Counsel for National Labor Relations Board, of Washington, D. C. (Robert B. Watts, Associate *985 Gen. Counsel for National Labor Relations Board, Thomas I. Emerson and...
85 F.2d 976 (1936) CACEY et al. v. VIRGINIAN RY. CO. No. 4048. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. October 6, 1936. *977 Joseph M. Sanders, of Bluefield, W. Va. (Walter G. Burton, of Princeton, W. Va., and Franklin K. Day, Jr., of Bluefield, W. Va., on the brief), for appellants. John R. Pendleton, of Princeton, W. Va. (W. H. T. Loyall and W. C. Plunkett, both of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellee. Before PARKER and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges, and MYERS, District Judge. NORTHCOTT,...
85 F.2d 944 (1936) THE STATE OF MARYLAND. MARSHALL v. MANESE. No. 4045. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. October 6, 1936. Rehearing Denied November 9, 1936. Leon T. Seawell, of Norfolk, Va., for appellant. L. S. Parsons, of Norfolk, Va. (Sidney Sacks and Venable, Miller, Pilcher & Parsons, all of Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellee. Before PARKER and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges, and CHESNUT, District Judge. PARKER, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a decree in favor of libelant...
85 F.2d 995 (1936) ROEDEGIR et al. v. PHILLIPS et al. No. 4040. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. October 6, 1936. A. M. Aiken, of Danville, Va., and Gilbert E. Powell, of Greensboro, N. C. (Jesse W. Benton, of Danville, Va., on the brief), for appellants. Clarence Ross and J. Elmer Long, both of Graham, N. C., for appellees. Before PARKER and SOPER, Circuit Judges, and CHESNUT, District Judge. PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from judgments rendered in three personal injury actions which...
85 F.2d 915 (1936) S. H. KRESS & CO., Inc., v. REAVES. No. 4033. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. October 6, 1936. *916 Thomas C. Hoyle, of Greensboro, N. C., and William M. Hendren, of Winston-Salem, N. C. (Thomas C. Hoyle, Jr., of Greensboro, N. C., and K. R. Hoyle, of Sanford, N. C., on the brief), for appellant. C. R. Wharton and Julius C. Smith, both of Greensboro, N. C. (D. E. Hudgins and Smith, Wharton & Hudgins, all of Greensboro, N. C., on the brief), for appellee. Before...
84 F.2d 136 (1936) HOOD, Commissioner of Banks of North Carolina, ex rel. NORTH CAROLINA BANK & TRUST CO. v. BELL. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION v. SAME. No. 4029. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. June 8, 1936. *137 Oscar Leach, of Raleigh, N. C. (Smith, Leach & Anderson, of Raleigh, N. C., on the brief), for appellant. J. M. Broughton and Clyde A. Douglass, both of Raleigh, N. C., for appellee. Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges. PARKER, Circuit Judge. This...
84 F.2d 321 (1936) BANK OF GILES COUNTY v. FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND. FIRST NAT. BANK OF NARROWS, VA., v. SAME. Nos. 4014, 4015. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. June 8, 1936. *322 M. P. Farrier, of Pearisburg, Va., and John S. Draper, of Pulaski, Va., for appellants. Joseph H. Chitwood and Murray A. Foster, both of Roanoke, Va. (Woods, Chitwood, Coxe & Rogers, of Roanoke, Va., on the brief), for appellee. Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges. SOPER, Circuit...
84 F.2d 327 (1936) TAZEWELL ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. v. STROTHER, Collector of Internal Revenue. No. 4011. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. June 8, 1936. Charles P. Gillespie and E. L. Greever, both of Tazewell, Va., for appellant. Morgan V. Martin, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (Robert H. Jackson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sewall Key and Norman D. Keller, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and Sterling Hutcheson, U. S. Atty., and John V. Cogbill, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Richmond, Va., on the brief),...
84 F.2d 138 (1936) CHAIN v. WILHELM. No. 4007. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. June 8, 1936. *139 P. J. Crogan, of Kingwood, W. Va., for appellant. F. E. Parrack, of Kingwood, W. Va., for appellee. Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges. SOPER, Circuit Judge. The crucial question to be determined in this case is whether the obligation of an individual surety upon a depository bond given by a bank to secure the repayment of funds deposited by trustees in bankruptcy expires...
84 F.2d 641 (1936) VIRGINIAN RY. CO. v. SYSTEM FEDERATION NO. 40, RAILWAY EMPLOYEES DEPARTMENT OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR et al. No. 4005. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. June 18, 1936. *642 Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges. James Piper, of Baltimore, Md., and H. T. Hall, of Roanoke, Va. (W. H. T. Loyall, of Norfolk, Va., and John C. Donnally, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant. Clarence M. Mulholland, of Toledo, Ohio, and S. M. Brandt, of...
81 F.2d 986 (1936) GREENWOOD COUNTY, S. C., et al. v. DUKE POWER CO. et al. No. 4003. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. February 22, 1936. *987 *988 W. H. Nicholson, of Greenwood, S. C., and D. W. Robinson, Jr., of Columbia, S. C. (R. F. Davis, of Greenwood, S. C., and Robinson & Robinson, of Columbia, S. C., on the brief), for appellants Greenwood County and its Finance Board. Alexander Holtzoff, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and Jerome N. Frank, of Washington, D. C., counsel for Federal...
82 F.2d 982 (1936) LOPEZ et al. v. UNITED STATES. No. 3994. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. April 6, 1936. *983 W. B. Rouse, of New Bern, N. C. (W. B. R. Guion, of New Bern, N. C., on the brief), for appellants. Armistead L. Boothe, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (Will G. Beardslee, Director, Bureau of War Risk Litigation, of Washington, D. C., Wilbur C. Pickett, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and James O. Carr, U. S. Atty., of Wilmington, N. C., on the brief), for the...
84 F.2d 130 (1936) SWIFT & CO. v. BLACKWELL. No. 3990. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. June 8, 1936. *131 Malcolm K. Harris, of Danville, Va. (Harris, Harvey & Brown, of Danville, Va., on the brief), for appellant. John W. Carter, Jr., of Danville, Va. (Taylor & Broaddus, of Martinsville, Va., and Carter & Williams, of Danville, Va., on the brief), for appellee. Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges. SOPER, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in the District Court obtained a...
81 F.2d 721 (1936) BURCO, Inc., v. WHITWORTH et al. (LAUTENBACH et al., Interveners) (two cases). [*] Nos. 3983, 3991. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. February 22, 1936. *722 *723 D. Heyward Hamilton, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., and Ralph P. Buell, of New York City, for appellant. James Piper, of Baltimore, Md. (Francis J. Carey and Huntington Cairns, both of Baltimore, Md., Edwin F. Blair and J. Paschall Davis, both of New York City, and George S. Newcomer, of Baltimore, Md., on the...
84 F.2d 82 (1936) SIMMONS CO. et al. v. CREW et al. No. 3981. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. June 8, 1936. *83 Richard C. Kelly, of Greensboro, N. C. (Julian R. Allsbrook, of Roanoke Rapids, N. C., and Burke & Burke, of Taylorsville, N. C., on the brief), for appellants. E. L. Travis, of Halifax, N. C., and George C. Green, of Weldon, N. C., for appellees. Before PARKER, NORTHCOTT, and SOPER, Circuit Judges. NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge. This is a suit in equity brought in August, 1935,...
