In the Matter of Glenn George Gowen, Formerly D/B/A Valley Service Station or R & D Service. Bourbon Cooperage Company

Following adjudication of Glenn George Gowen as a bankrupt on August 4, 1969, a controversy developed between the trustee in bankruptcy and Bourbon Cooperage Company over a large quantity of barrel staves. The parties stipulated to the referee’s summary of the evidence, as follows:

Between October 10, 1968 and May 27,. 1969, on designated dates, Gowen sold to Bourbon the staves involved in this litigation. Bourbon took possession of a number of them, but left a large quantity on the bankrupt’s premises. for curing. More than 125,000 staves were on the bankrupt’s premises at the time of…