Keppel v. Tiffin Savings Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS' FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. Charles A. Goetz became a‘voluntary bankrupt on October 12, 1900. George B. Keppel, the trustee, sued the Tiffin Savings Bank in an Ohio court to cancel two real estate mortgages executed by Goetz, one to secure a note for four and the other a note for two thousand dollars. The mortgage to secure the four thousand-dollar note was made more than four months before the adjudication in bankruptcy.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS' FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. Charles A. Goetz became a‘voluntary bankrupt on October 12, 1900. George B. Keppel, the trustee, sued the Tiffin Savings Bank in an Ohio court to cancel two real estate mortgages executed by Goetz, one to secure a note for four and the other a note for two thousand dollars. The mortgage to secure the four thousand-dollar note was made more than four months before the adjudication in bankruptcy. The mortgage securing the two thousand-dollar note was executed a few days before the bankruptcy, the mortgagor being at the time…
1Opinion of the Court
197 U.S. 356 (1905)
KEPPEL
v.
TIFFIN SAVINGS BANK.
No. 116.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued January 6, 1905.
Decided April 3, 1905.
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT.
Mr. John C. Royer, with whom Mr. Henry J. Weller was on the brief for Keppel, trustee.
Mr. George E. Seney, Mr. Milton Sayler and Mr. John L. Lott for the Tiffin Savings Bank.
MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
The following are the questions asked by the Court of Appeals:
"First. Can a creditor of a bankrupt, who has received a merely voidable…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Pirie v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Keppel v. Tiffin Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Tiffany v. National Bank of Mo.Supreme Court of the United States · 1874
- In re Richter's EstateU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Iowa · 1870
- Streeter v. Jefferson County BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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