Pilson v. Rodeffer

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal brings up for review an order entered in April, 1932, in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, in the case of In re Henry A. Rodeffer, bankrupt, holding that a certain paper writing executed by the bankrupt, before bankruptcy, was a deed of trust and not an assignment for the benefit of creditors.

Rodeffer, the bankrupt, a farmer, being heavily involved, and undoubtedly insolvent, on the 22d day of December, 1930, executed a' deed to one N. I. Kagey, trustee, conveying practically all the property then possessed by…