Legal Opinion
In re Evans
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided September 27, 1918No. 979PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of W. C. Evans, bankrupt. On review of order of referee.
1Opinion of the Court
McCALL, District Judge.
This case is before me on a certificate of T. A. Lancaster, Esq., one of the referees of this court, for a review of his action in dismissing the petition of the bankrupt filed in this case, to determine the respective rights as between the trustee and bankrupt to certain funds now in the hands of the referee. There is no disagreement about the material facts, which are in substance as follows:
In a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy W. C. Evans was adjudged a bankrupt on May 18, 1918. A trustee was duly appointed. The money in question, $189.65, is the amount of…
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