Matthews v. Pope

Backes, V. C.

This suit is by the trustee in bankruptcy of the Pope Trading Company to reach real estate in Hudson count}', this state, belonging to the company and conveyed by James E. Pope to his sister, Bessie Pope. At the time of the conveyance, James E. Pope held the title to the property in trust for the trading company. The Pope Trading Company and the Pope Metals Company were New York corporations. The trading company was engaged in foreign trade and the metals company. in domestic trade in the metals market. James E. Pope managed and dominated the business of both. Both companies were…