Soisson v. First Nat. Bank of Pittsburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. In the matter of the Reese-Hammond Fire Brick Company, bankrupt. On appeal by William F. Soisson, trustee, from an order of the District Court in favor of the First National Bank of Pittsburgh.
1Opinion of the Court
LANNING, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is whether certain accounts assigned by the bankrupt to the First National Bank of Pittsburgh, and certain moneys collected by Soisson, trustee in bankruptcy, on other accounts assigned by the bankrupt to the bank, belong to the bank or. to the trustee in bankruptcy. The referee decided that they belong to the trustee. The District Court, on a petition to review the referee’s findings, decided that they belong to the bank.
The second assignment alleges error on the part of the court in finding that “no evidence was offered on behalf of the…
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