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In re Soper

District Court, D. Nebraska

Decided June 26, 1909PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Bankruptcy. On review of action of referee.

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS C. HUNGER, District Judge.

Lewis A. Soper filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy, and an order of adjudication was duly made, and thereafter a trustee was appointed. The bankrupt had given to some of his creditors a chattel mortgage on certain personal property within four months of the adjudication, and these creditors filed with the referee a surrender of the mortgage as a preference, admitting it to be a preference, but asserting the mortgage to be a lien upon certain property included in the mortgage which the bankrupt claimed as exempt. The claims of the creditors were allowed by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Lockwood v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. In re FalconerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
  3. In re CoddingtonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1904
  4. Bashinski v. TalbottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1902
  5. In re EvansDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1902

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Morris v. CoveySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
  2. In re VonheeDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1916
  3. Brandt v. MathewCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
  4. Gylling v. KjergaardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
  5. Lee Lun v. HenryHawaii Supreme Court · 1914

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