George v. Oscar Smith & Sons Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Petition to Superintend and Revise and Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi; Henry C. Niles, Judge. In the matter of the bankruptcy of V. I,. Crawford. Prom a decree which permitted the Oscar Smith & Sons Company and others to foreclose a deed of trust given by the bankrupt, A. L. George, trustee, appeals, and likewise petitions to superintend and revise.
1DissentBatts, Circuit Judge
The Smith Company (Oscar Smith & Sons Company, appellee), a New York corporation, loaned to Crawford (V. U. Crawford, using the name of Crawford Bleachery), of Meridian, Miss., $25,000, to secure which Crawford executed a deed of trust, naming Broach trustee. The notes evidencing the debt not having been paid, Broach advertised for sale the property conveyed by the deed of trust. Unsecured creditors instituted a proceeding to have Crawford adjudged a bankrupt, and A. I,. George was appointed receiver. George instituted proceedings before the referee in bankruptcy against the Smith Company and…
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