In re Colton Export & Import Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New York. This is an appeal by Arthur B. Leach, a creditor of the bankrupt, from a decree (115 Fed. 158) rejecting the claim of appellant unless he should surrender to the trustee certain payments made to him by the bankrupt, which were held to be preferential.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
In the opinion In re Sagor, 121 Fed. 658, filed at this session of the court, we have discussed the question of preferences at some length, with copious references to the authorities, and a citation of the relevant sections of the bankrupt act. That opinion may be referred to for a statement of the principles involved. It will be sufficient herein to set forth the facts in the case at bar, and to indicate the application to them of those principles.
The company was insolvent on and at all times after October 19, 1900. The petition to adjudge it a bankrupt was filed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re SagorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1903
3Cited by2 opinions
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