Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Shelley Furniture, Inc., Bankrupt. Exchange National Bank of Chicago v. Francis J. Curtis, Trustee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 31, 1960No. 12965_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENOCH, Circuit Judge.
On February 21, 1955, an involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against Shelley Furniture, Inc. On April 10, 1956, the Trustee in Bankruptcy petitioned the Referee in Bankruptcy to set aside an assignment, made by the Bankrupt on October 30, 1954, to The Exchange National Bank of Chicago. This assignment transferred to the Bank three fire insurance policies and claims thereunder amounting to $50,000. It was alleged that the assignment constituted a voidable preference. The Referee sustained the petition without prejudice to the Bank’s right to participate in…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Grant v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- People v. GeroldIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Stucky v. Masonic Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Robinson v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
- New Amsterdam Cas. Co. v. W. D. Felder & Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Otto E. Pritchard v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Corrected Opinion United States of America v. Lewis Miller Smyth, III and Glenn B. BavousettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Lenda J. WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWEST BANK, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- In the Matter of Solari Furs, a Partnership, Theodore Rosenberg and Robert Rosenberg, Bankrupts-Appellants v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- In Re SchindlerDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1963
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