Mercantile Trust Co. v. Kahn

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in a bankruptcy proceeding. The order appealed from affirmed an order of the referee denying the reclamation petition of the appellant.

The material facts are not in dispute. On October 18, 1949, Max Klein executed a promissory note for $1,678.32 payable in installments to Thoms Pontiac, Inc., of 5225 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri. The note was secured by a chattel mortgage on a 1949 Pontiac automobile purchased from Thoms Pontiac on that date. The appellant…