Pugh v. Snodgrass
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. In the matter of Silas U. Snodgrass and_, Clinton W. Snodgrass, doing business as S. U. Snodgrass & Son, bankrupts. Petition by William J. Pugh, trustee, against Blanche W. Snodgrass, Silas L. Snodgrass, and others. From a decree dismissing the petition, the trustee appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio; Howard C. Hollister, Judge. In the matter of Silas U. Snodgrass and_, Clinton W. Snodgrass, doing business as S. U. Snodgrass & Son, bankrupts. Petition by William J. Pugh, trustee, against Blanche W. Snodgrass, Silas L. Snodgrass, and others. From a decree dismissing the petition, the trustee appeals. The trustee filed a petition alleging that Silas Snodgrass, a member of the bankrupt partnership, had, in anticipation of bankruptcy and. in fraud of creditors, transferred to his…
1Opinion of the CourtDenison, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] In accordance with our settled practice, we must.give great weight to the conclusion of the trial judge. If Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass told the truth in their testimony, the petitioner had no case. Their veracity was the controlling question, and this may be so far judged by their manner and by the atmosphere, which cannot be reproduced,}!} a printed record, that only when “there is a decided preponderance against the judgment” will an appellate court reverse such a decree. Cleveland v. Chisholm (C. C. A. 6) 90 Fed. 431, 434, 33 C. C. A. 157; Monongahela v.…
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