Cohen v. Chambers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. In the matter of Mrs. S. L. Duggan, bankrupt. Appeal by Louis Cohen from an order of the District Court.
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBY, 'Circuit Judge.
Mrs. S. L. Duggan having been adjudicated a bankrupt, Louis Cohen presented his petition to the referee, claiming that she was justly indebted to him in the sum of $494, with interest, and that the same was secured by a mortgage dated May 17, 1909. The bankrupt at the date of the mortgage was engaged in the mercantile business, and the mortgage was on her stock of goods and store fixtures. The trustee filed objections to the claim, alleging that the mortgage was not a valid and subsisting lien upon the property described; that the same was in violation of the bankruptcy…
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