Cleage v. Laidley
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from, the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
T. A. Cleage, Jr., was adjudged a bankrupt upon the petitions of W. H. Laidiey, Thomas E. Price, and the W. C. Lamping Grain Company, upon the ground that, while insolvent and within four months before the filing of the petition against him, he paid to the C. >H. Albers Commission Company, one of his creditors, $3,000, and thereby preferred it. This adjudication is assailed because, as counsel for the defendant insists, he was a speculator in grain, and was not engaged in trading or in mercantile pursuits, because he was not indebted to any of these alleged creditors…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Tilghman v. ProctorSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Kimberly v. ArmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. Christie Grain & Stock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Irwin v. WilliarSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Bibb v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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