Newark Slip Contracting Co., Inc. v. New York Credit Men's Adjustment Bureau, Inc

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the appellant, hereafter referred to as Newark, had a lien, and, if so, for how much, upon goods of the bankrupt which were in the possession of Newark on April 18, 1949, the date of filing the petition upon which bankruptcy was later adjudicated.

Newark is in business in New Jersey as a “contractor” in the making of ladies’ slips; its work involves sewing and stitching of cut goods supplied by its customers and attaching adornment materials by that method. Pursuant to an oral contract made with the bankrupt in February 1949…