In the Matter of Robert Stephen SCHALK, Bankrupt. Curtis L. MANN, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Appellant, v. BELLE-BLAND BANK, Appellee

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Curtis L. Mann, Trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Robert Stephen Schalk, sought to compel appellee, the Belle-Bland Bank, to turn over a 1972 Lancer trailer or the amount of its value which the trustee claims as an asset of Schalk’s estate. The trustee asserts a right to the vehicle by virtue of sections 70(a) and 70(c) of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. § 110(a), (c). The Bankruptcy Referee denied the trustee’s claim, and the district court 1 affirmed. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

In July 1971 a dealer, V. L. Long Mobile Homes, Inc., received…