In re Royea's Estate
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Bankruptcy. Hearing on petition for review of an order made by the referee allowing a claim to a sum of money which the bankrupt had on deposit in a bank with other money at the time of the initiation of bankruptcy proceedings, on the ground that the amount claimed was held by the bankrupt as trustee for the petitioner.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
It appears from the record that at the time of the adjudication the bankrupt had on deposit in a bank $390.70, which has since come into the possession of the trustee of his estate. The deposit included $120, which the petitioner- had theretofore intrusted to the bankrupt for safe-keeping. There is no controversy as to the^fact that the bankrupt did receive the sum mentioned, which belonged to the petitioner, nor as to the circumstances attending the transaction. It was the mutual understanding of the parties that the money was not loaned to the bankrupt, but intrusted…
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