McElvain v. Hardesty
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
The trustee of the partnership estate of Crawford & Carter in bankruptcy brought this action in equity to annul the transfer by the firm of its stock of liquors and other saloon property to the defendant, McElvain, and to recover their value on the ground, among other things, that the transfer constituted a voidable preference within the meaning of Bankr. Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, §§ 60a, 60b, 30 Stat. 562 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3445), as amended by Act Eeb. 5, 1903, c. 487, § 13, 32 Stat. 799 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1907, p. 1031). The learned trial court sustained the…
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