McBride v. Mullinix
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Petition to Revise Order of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. In the matter of W. H. McBride, bankrupt; F. C. Mullinix, trustee. On petition by J. T. McBride and others to revise order of District Court.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
Before W. H. McBride was adjudged bankrupt on February 2, 1922, seventeen creditors obtained judgments against him, all in Justice of the Peace court. Five of those judgments were affirmed October 28, 1921, by the State Circuit Court on appeal, and C. G. Earle, who had signed as surety the appeal bond, had to pay them. He then presented his claim for the amount he had paid and asked that' it be allowed and given a preference in payment out of the assets of the bankrupt estate. It was allowed as a general claim and preference denied.
As to six of the other judgments J. T.…
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