Clark v. Grimes
District Court, D. Maryland
In Bankruptcy. On demurrer of James Clark, as trustee in bankruptcy, to the plea of J. Hamilton Grimes to the trustee’s petition to recover the amount of a preference.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
The plaintiff, who is trustee in bankruptcy, seeks to recover $1,040.22, the amount of a preference which he says defendant obtained. From defendant’s plea it appears that in November, 1911, the bankrupt wanted to purchase a stock in trade. The defendant lent him $1,300 to' be -used in paying for one. This sum was to be repaid in one year, with legal interest. Its repayment was secured by a mortgage on the stock purchased, and also on the “stock in trade, trade fixtures, and personal effects which shall or may at any time or times hereafter,” during the continuance of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thompson v. FairbanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Hamilton v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1855
- Edelhoff & Rinke v. Horner-Miller Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1898
- First National Bank v. LindenstruthCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1894
- Crocker v. HoppsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1893
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