Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. Edwards

HOOK, Circuit Judge.

The question in this case is whether a chattel mortgage taken by the appellant upon the property of the bankrupt constitutes a voidable preference under section 60b ,of the bankruptcy act (Act. July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 562 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3445]), as amended by Act Feb. 5, 1903, c. 487, § 13, 32 Stat. 799 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1905, p. 689]. Since it appears without dispute that the mortgage was secured within four months before the filing of the petition and the maker was insolvent at the time, the question may be more narrowly stated: Had the appellant or…