In re Duggan
District Court, S.D. Georgia
In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of Mrs. S. L. Duggan. On petition by the trustee to review a referee’s order sustaining the validity of an unfiled chattel mortgage.
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, District Judge
(orally). This case seems to me a perfectly plain one. Duggan carried on business in Sandersville, which was the residence of Mr. Cohen. Mr. Cohen, it seems, was a man of some capital, and, notwithstanding his proximity to Mr. Duggan, the business of the latter did not thrive. He had to move from Sandersville, and he selected for the scene of his later activities the interesting community of Eastman. Before leaving Sandersville, however, he borrowed the money involved in this controversy from Cohen, and gave a mortgage therefor. Mr. Cohen, who is accustomed to the methods of business men,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Clayton v. Exchange BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1903
3Cited by3 opinions
- Turner v. HammockCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Hardin v. RubinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Rankin v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934