In re Norris
District Court, W.D. New York
In the matter of the bankruptcy proceedings of Patrick J. Norris. On motion to continue a stay restraining disposition of property in possession of a third person claiming adversely.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
The trustee of the bankrupt herein claims that the bill of sale executed by the bankrupt to his wife was in fraud of creditors, and that the injunction heretofore issued under section 2, subd. 15 (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 545 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3421]), should be continued until the title to the property specified in the bill of sale can be determined in a plenary action. The adverse claimant is the wife of the bankrupt, who has possession of the property and claims title thereto under a bill of sale to her from the bankrupt.
In view of the facts, as I…
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