In re Johnson
District Court, D. Connecticut
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of. bankruptcy proceedings of Walter R. Johnson. On petition of the Eastern Safe & Vault Company to review a referee’s decision denying its prayer for surrender of a safe sold to the bankrupt under a conditional sale contract, or its proceeds.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
The Eastern Safe & Vault Company has brought its petition for a review of the referee’s decision, in which he denied its prayer that a certain safe forming the subject-matter of the controversy, or the proceeds of sale thereof, be delivered to the petitioner by the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate. The safe was in possession of the bankrupt at the time of his adjudication in bankruptcy, and the trustee now claims it as part of the estate.
The facts disclosed by the record show that the bankrupt came into possession of the safe in the following manner:
On July 19, 1910,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In re Wilcox & Howe Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Sanford v. BulkleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
- Lambert Hoisting Engine Co. v. CarmodySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- National Cash Register Co. v. WoodburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- In re FaulknerDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1910
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- Commercial Credit Corporation v. CarlsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932