Tinney v. Katcher

Admiral Seymour Knott was adjudged a bankrupt March 12, 1941. His trustee filed in the proceedings a petition for a turnover order against the appellant Floyd Tinney, in which he alleged the bankrupt was the owner and in possession of a 1940 Chrysler automobile at the date of adjudication but that in October, 1940, he had transferred to appellant Floyd Tinney paper title to the vehicle without consideration and in fraud of his creditors.

Appellant Tinney appeared in the proceedings without filing an answer and without objection to the court’s jurisdiction. He introduced proof before the…