Wills v. First Nat. Bank of Beardstown
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of Illinois; J. Otis Humphrey, Judge. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of the Federal Contracting Company, bankrupt.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of Illinois; J. Otis Humphrey, Judge. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of the Federal Contracting Company, bankrupt. From an order of the District Court directing a sale of property mortgaged to the First National Bank of Beards-town, and applying the proceeds to satisfy the mortgage, and holding the balance for the further order of the court, William V. Wills, trustee in bankruptcy, appeals. From the agreed statement of facts, it appears that the Federal Contracting Company, being…
1Opinion of the CourtKohlsaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). In cause No. 2047, 212 Fed. 688, 129 C. C. A. 224, decided at this term of the court, we held that the bankrupt’s principal office and residence was at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois. That being so, the only matters now presented to the court for disposition, are whether the several acknowledgments of the chattel mortgages respectively comply with the requirements of the statute.
[1] By section 2 of the Illinois mortgage act as amended in 1905 (Hurd’s Rev. St. 1$13, c. 95), it is, among other things, provided that in counties having a population of more than…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fairbanks Steam Shovel Co. v. WillsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1914
- Gilbert v. SpragueIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Harvey v. DunnIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
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