Jones v. Ford
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, Judge. In the matter of Sarah Morris, bankrupt. Petition by Joseph M. Jones, trustee, to revise the order of the District Court, on review, reversing the order of the referee allowing the claim of Alfred Ford and another as a general claim only.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
This is a- petition by a trustee in bankruptcy to revise an order of the District Court giving preference to respondents’ claim, thereby overruling and reversing the order of the referee, which had denied such preference and allowed it as a general claim only.
The claim in question was for rent of a store building where the bankrupt was conducting a mercantile business in Kansas City, Mo. Before the involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed, the respond' ents secured, in accordance with the Missouri statutes, an attachment levy by the state sheriff, who took possession…
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