In re Miller Pure Rye Distilling Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In the matter of Miller Pure Rye Distilling Company, bankrupt. On certificate of referee.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.
This dispute presents an important and interesting question: What effect should be given to the pledge of a storage receipt covering packages of whisky in a distiller’s bonded warehouse? The creditors’ petition was filed on February 3, 1908, and if the whisky was property which the bankrupt could have transferred by any means before that date, dr which might have been levied upon and sold under judicial process against the company, the trustee afterwards acquired the title that might thus have been transferred, or been levied upon and sold at judicial sale. If…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stephens v. GiffordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Fourth St. Nat. Bank v. Millbourne Mills Co.'s TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1909
- Linton v. ButzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1847
- Caulfield v. Van BruntSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- McCullough v. LargeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1884
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