Legal Opinion

Swarts v. Siegel

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 21, 1902No. Nos. 1,696, 1,697PublishedCited by 68 opinions

Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from the decree of the district court directing that the claim of F. Siegel & Bro. against the estate of the Siegel-Hillman Dry Goods Company, a corporation and a bankrupt, be disallowed unless the claimants repay to the trustee the sums of $14,600 and $5,219.63, which the court held to constitute preferences given to the claimants which they were required to surrender under section 57g of the bankrupt act of 1898. The claimants appealed from this decree because it required them to restore the $14,600 and the $5,2x9.63 as a condition of the allowance…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1805
  2. Swarts v. Fourth National BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  3. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. v. PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Knox County v. MortonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
  5. Morgan v. WordellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. United States v. Ninety-Nine DiamondsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  3. In re RochfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
  4. Board of Com'rs v. HurleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
  5. Stevens v. Nave-McCord Mercantile Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906

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