Legal Opinion
In re Gaglione
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 11, 1912No. 2,152PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of bankruptcy of A. Gaglione & Son. Gn certificate to review a referee’s order directing the trustee to> surrender certain property to petitioner, P. M. Walton, alleged to have been held by the bankrupt under a contract of lease or bailment.
1Opinion of the Court
WITMER, District Judge.
The petitioner, P. M. Walton, asks the court to order and direct the trustee to deliver to him certain machinery delivered by him to the bankrupt on two certain agreements in writing. The referee decided that the petitioner was entitled to the property on the ground that the contracts between the parties constituted a bailment, and directed the return of it. The writing, dated August 9, 1911, is as follows:
“August 9, 1911.
"Agreement made. and entered into by and between P. M. Walton, of 1019 to 1029 Germantown avenue, city of Philadelphia, state of Pennsylvania, of the…
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- Peek v. HeimSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- In re PooreDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1905
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