In re Gurney
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of Wisconsin. [In bankruptcy. In the matter of Thomas C. Gurney.]
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge.
This Is a controversy concerning the right of property in an engine, boiler and some fixtures which were in possession of the bankrupt under the following circumstances: A man by the name of Hanchett appears to have loaned the bankrupt money, taking a bill of sale of the property, and the bankrupt taking back something in the nature of a lease, and agreeing to pay a certain sum for the use of the property; this was a secret arrangement between the bankrupt and Hanchett. There was no change of possession; it remained with the bankrupt, aud there was no registry either…
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