Western Tie & Timber Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, affirming, as modified, an order of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas, directing that the claim- of the Western Tie and Timber Company against the estate of S. F. Harrison, a bankrupt, be expunged, unless the company paid to the trustee in bankruptcy a specified sum, found to have…
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, affirming, as modified, an order of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas, directing that the claim- of the Western Tie and Timber Company against the estate of S. F. Harrison, a bankrupt, be expunged, unless the company paid to the trustee in bankruptcy a specified sum, found to have been transferred to the company by the bankrupt and decided to have operated a voidable preference. 129 Fed. Rep. 728.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Before coming to the merits we dispose of an objection to the jurisdiction.
■ The appeal was prosecuted under clause b (1) of section 25 of the bankrupt act of July 1, 1898, 30 Stat. 544, 553, providing that from any final decision of a Court of Appeals, allowing- or rejecting a claim under the act, an appeal may be had "where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars, and the question involved is one which might have been taken on appeal or writ of error, from the highest court of a State tó the. Supreme Court of the United States.” .
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