Pleasant Hope Bank v. Galt

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

The Pleasant Hope Bank appeals from a summary order of the bankruptcy court commanding the bank to turn over a certain note and a certain sum of money which the bank had taken into its possession. The summary jurisdiction is in question.

It appears that in 1926 the bankrupt and his wife became indebted to the bank in the sum of $1,922, evidenced by their promissory notes. The bankrupt was the owner as tenant in common with his brother of a 259 acre farm worth $3,500 over and above the encumbrance thereon. He and his wife also owned by the entireties two town lots with…