Hart v. Emmerson-Brantingham Co.
District Court, E.D. Missouri
At Law. Action by Charles K. Hart, trustee of John F. Reece, bankrupt, against the Emmerson-Brantingham Company. Judgment for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, District Judge.
This is a suit brought by Charles K. Hart, trustee of the estate of John F. Reece, bankrupt, as plaintiff, against Emmerson-Brantingham Company, as defendant, seeking to recover certain property, or its value, alleged to have been transferred by the bankrupt to the defendant as a preference under the bankrupt law.
The evidence shows that, during the years 1909 and 1910, the defendant sold certain farming implements to the bankrupt, pursuant to the terms of written contracts, wherein it was provided that the bankrupt would pay a stipulated price for the goods, would execute…
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