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In re McCarthy Portable Elevator Co.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jan 27, 1913
No. 1,688
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PER CURIAM.

We approve the order appealed from, without committing ourselves to all the reasons given ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‍by the learned judge to support it. It is enough to say, we think, that Keeney, who was the assignee of McCarthy’s claim for services as an officer of ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‍the .company, could only recover on McCarthy’s right, and that this right did not have the proper legal support. McCarthy certainly would have had no standing under the void ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‍resolution of September 28, 1905; and, if we assume (without deciding) that he might have had some standing upon a quantum meruit, the testimony concerning the value of ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‍his services is not satisfactory. Upon this point the referee and the district judge disagreed, and we incline to take the judge’s view.

The value of the services being thus ‍​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‍uncertain, it follows that the order appealed from should be, and it hereby is, affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: In re McCarthy Portable Elevator Co.
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Date Published: Jan 27, 1913
Citations: 201 F. 923; 120 C.C.A. 261; 1913 U.S. App. LEXIS 1949; No. 1,688
Docket Number: No. 1,688
Court Abbreviation: 3d Cir.
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