Campbell v. Balcomb
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action at law by F. W. Balcomb, trustee in bankruptcy of the Lawrence Manufacturing Company, bankrupt, against Albert Campbell and Harry A. Dubia, doing business as the Industrial Savings Bank. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant in error instituted this action to recover an alleged preferential payment made by the insolvent to the plaintiffs in error.
At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence the defendants moved for a directed verdict in their favor. This motion was overruled, and the defendants, determining to stand on the record, introduced no evidence.
An assignment that the declaration is insufficient to support the judgment has not been very seriously urged, and we pass it with the statement that on examination we find each count adequate to withstand objections which were not made…
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