Legal Opinion
Nathan Yorke, Trustee of the Estate of Philip Horvitz, Bankrupt v. Thomas Iseri Produce Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 26, 1969No. 17545PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
The question presented by this appeal is whether defendant received a voidable preference when it recovered $9,221.26 through attaching a bankrupt’s funds within four months of the filing of the bankruptcy petition.
On March 29, 1966, an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against Philip Horvitz (the “bankrupt”), and he was subsequently adjudged bankrupt. He had previously been a produce broker in Chicago. In September 1965, defendant Thomas Iseri Product Co., an Ontario, Oregon, packer, shipped him jumbo yellow onions on open account for $10,000. Under the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Galena Oaks Corporation v. Frank Scofield, Collector of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Grant v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- In re EggertCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1900
- James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. John D. RainesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Pauline Apolskis v. Concord Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Oscar Gruss & Son v. First State Bank of Eldorado and Philip Kane and Ralph W. ChoiserCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- City Of Mishawaka, Indiana v. American Electric Power Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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