Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Mach. Co. v. Vanstory
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, at Greensboro, in Bankruptcy.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, at Greensboro, in Bankruptcy. This is an appeal from an order of the District Court sitting as a Court of Bankruptcy of the United States for the Western .District of North Carolina, approving and confirming the report of the special master herein, and dismissing appellant’s petition for the possession of certain machinery in the hands of the trustee in bankruptcy of the Wakefield Hardware Company. The petition alleged: That, for a number of years and up to the filing of the petition of bankruptcy,…
1Opinion of the CourtPritchard, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). In passing upon the question sought to be determined by this appeal, it will only be necessary to consider the third and fourth assignments of error.
The third assignment of error relates to the property described in, the first section of the petition, which reads as follows:
“That for a number of years and up to the time of filing of petition of bankruptcy herein, the Wakefield Hardware Company acted as agent for your petit inner for the storage and transfer of certain mowing and reaping machinery. That the Wakefield Hardware Company contracted with your…
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