Security-First Nat. Bank of Los Angeles v. Rindge Land & Navigation Co.

Ninth Circuit

Security-First Nat. Bank of Los Angeles v. Rindge Land & Navigation Co.

86 F.2d 3, 107 A.L.R. 1256, 1936 U.S. App. LEXIS 3634

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit·Decided October 19, 1936·No. No. 7965·Published·Cited by 3 cases

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DENMAN, Circuit Judge,

The petition for rehearing asserts that jke opjn;on 0f the court in effect finds that j.jle t>Qnc[g were sold by the bondholders’ committee to the Pacific States as a result of fraudulent conspiracy and then ignores its finding in reaching its conclusions. No such inference from the findings is warranted. The dealings between the bondholders’ committee and the Pacific States were free from any obligation, legal or equitable, to the debtor. In the absence of any lawful obligation to the debtor, the purchase of the bonds is not converted into a fraudulent conspiracy because one or all the negotiators had a motive, however unethical in character, which would be satisfied by the fact that the lawful profit, if made, would exhaust the proceeds of the sale of the security given by the debtor corporation and leave nothing for it and its stockholders. It is not incumbent upon the court to assess the justification or lack of it, for the personal resentments between the representatives of the two syndicates after months of hostile negotiation,

Pétition for rehearing denied,

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DENMAN, Circuit Judge,

The petition for rehearing asserts that jke opjn;on 0f the court in effect finds that j.jle t>Qnc[g were sold by the bondholders’ committee to the Pacific States as a result of fraudulent conspiracy and then ignores its finding in reaching its conclusions. No such inference from the findings is warranted. The dealings between the bondholders’ committee and the Pacific States were free from any obligation, legal or equitable, to the debtor. In the absence of any lawful obligation to the debtor, the purchase of the bonds is not converted into a fraudulent conspiracy because one or all the negotiators had a motive, however unethical in character, which would be satisfied by the fact that the lawful profit, if made, would exhaust the proceeds of the sale of the security given by the debtor corporation and leave nothing for it and its stockholders. It is not incumbent upon the court to assess the justification or lack of it, for the personal resentments between the representatives of the two syndicates after months of hostile negotiation,

Pétition for rehearing denied,

Security-First Nat. Bank of Los Angeles v. Rindge Land & Navigation Co., 86 F.2d 3, 107 A.L.R. 1256, 1936 U.S. App. LEXIS 3634 (9th Cir. 1936).

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