Bradford v. Graham
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; D. Lawrence Groner, Judge. In the matter of the estate of the Stribling Fuel Company, Inc., bankrupt. From an order allowing the claim of W. S. Graham for one year’s rent under a lease executed to the bankrupt, Russell T. Bradford, as trustee in bankruptcy, appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk, in bankruptcy. On the 27th day of February, 1922, the Stribling Fuel Company ¿ Inc., was duly adjudged an involuntary bankrupt. Subsequent thereto, the appellant herein was regularly elected trustee of its estate.
On the 25th of March, 1922, the appellee filed his petition, accompanied by a copy of the lease with the bankrupt company, dated July 1, 1919, reciting that “at the time the petition was filed against the bankrupt company its rent had been paid…
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