In re Brooks
District Court, D. Vermont
In Bankruptcy. On petition by a trustee in bankruptcy for the restoration to him of property of the bankrupt previously sold on foreclosure of chattel mortgages and held by the petitionee.
1Opinion of the Court
WHEELER, District Judge.
The bankrupt had a tailoring establishment, with a stock of goods, tools, and fixtures, in St. Johnsbury,. on which, at the time of adjudication, the petitionee held chattel mortgages, with conditions broken over 30 days, that were in the hands of the constable, who had locked the property v. in a room on the bankrupt’s premises, and taken the key. They were notified of the proceedings, but before there was any trustee, and against objections •of those interested, the constable sold the property at auction on the mortgages at about half its value, most of which was bid…
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