Corbett v. Riddle
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Abingdon; Henry Clay McDowell, Judge. In the matter of bankruptcy proceedings of M. H. Keefe & Son. From an order directing S. P. Riddle, trustee, to sell a certain steam shovel alleged to have been rented by James H. Corbett to the bankrupt, and which the trustee contended was in their possession under contract of sale, claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
In the summer of 1912 the bankrupts had a contract to construct a section of a railroad in Dickenson county, in the Western district of Virginia. They needed a steam shovel. The appellant had one. He was a citizen of Pennsylvania. On June 29, 1912, he agreed ,to let the bankrupts take it from Pennsylvania to Virginia. This agreement was in writing. In terms it professed to be a lease of the shovel for six months. The aggregate rent was fixed at $5,600. Three thousand dollars of this was paid in cash. For the remaining $2,600, five promissory notes were given. Each of…
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